What diseases does the Acupuncture Department treat?

Acupuncture is a common treatment method. In daily life, acupuncture has many benefits. Appropriate acupuncture not only has a health-care effect, but also can treat many diseases. Acupuncture has always been a very popular treatment method from ancient times to the present. However, most people do not know much about acupuncture and do not know what diseases acupuncture can treat. The following specifically introduces what diseases the acupuncture department treats.

What diseases does acupuncture treat?

1. Respiratory system diseases: acute and chronic sinusitis; acute and chronic rhinitis; nosebleeds; colds; acute tonsillitis; acute tracheitis; bronchial asthma (children and patients with simple asthma); acute and chronic bronchitis (caused cough).

2. ENT diseases: acute conjunctivitis; sty; dry eyes; amblyopia (under 12 years old); myopia (adolescents); visual fatigue; simple cataract; glaucoma (lowering intraocular pressure); toothache; pain after tooth extraction; gingivitis; acute and chronic pharyngitis; tinnitus and deafness (sudden, early onset); oral ulcers.

3. Digestive system diseases: esophageal and cardia spasm; hiccups; gastroptosis; acute and chronic gastritis; hyperacidity; chronic duodenal ulcer (pain relief); simple acute duodenal ulcer; acute and chronic colitis; constipation; diarrhea; intestinal paralysis.

4. Nervous system diseases: headache; migraine; trigeminal neuralgia; facial nerve paralysis (early stage within 3-6 months); hemifacial spasm; sequelae of stroke (recovery period); peripheral neuropathy; sequelae of poliomyelitis in children (early stage, within six months); Meniere's syndrome; insomnia (better effect for those without depression); neurogenic bladder dysfunction; enuresis; intercostal neuralgia.

5. Bone and joint diseases: frozen shoulder; tennis elbow; cervical spondylosis; lumbar spondylosis; stiff neck; low back pain; tenosynovitis, ganglion cyst; osteoarthritis; sciatica.

6. Gynecological diseases: irregular menstruation, abnormal leucorrhea, breast hyperplasia, dysmenorrhea, metrorrhagia, intermenstrual syndrome, and menopausal syndrome. It can also be used as an auxiliary treatment for premature ovarian failure, uterine fibroids, and infertility.

7. Cardiovascular diseases: Coronary heart disease, hypertension, cerebral ischemia, senile dementia, etc., can be treated with acupuncture as an auxiliary treatment. In addition, acupuncture can also be used as a preventive health care method for senile dementia.

8. Endocrine diseases: hyperthyroidism, diabetes, obesity; chronic fatigue syndrome; acne, chloasma, etc. Among them, acupuncture is often used as an auxiliary treatment method for hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism or thyroid nodules, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, etc.