Acupuncture Treatment Categories
- Pain
- Musculo-skeletal issues
- Emotional issues
- Internal medicine
PAIN
- Headaches: tension, migraine, premenstrual, stress, anger-related, fatigue induced
- Menstrual cycle related: breast pain, ovulatory pain, low back pain, painful menses (dysmenorrhea)
- Systemic pain: fibromyalgia, arthritis, joint aching, phantom pain
- Trunk pain: chest pain, side pain, upper and lower abdominal pain
- Low back pain: acute strain, chronic pain, premenstrual, trauma induced
- Musculo-skeletal pain: see below
MUSCULO-SKELETAL ISSUES
- Neck: stiff neck, whiplash, facet joint impingement, degenerative joint or disc disease, muscle tension headache
- Shoulders and upper back: impingement syndrome, frozen shoulder, bursitis, tendinitis, sub-scapular pain
- Elbows, wrists, and hands: lateral and medial epicondylitis (tennis elbow, thrower’s elbow), carpal tunnel syndrome, De Quervain’s syndrome, numbness
- Lower back and hips: chronic low back pain, muscle strain, facet joint irritation, sacroiliac joint pain, disc degeneration or herniation, sciatica, hip flexor strain, bursitis
- Knees and lower leg: IT band friction syndrome, meniscus injury, MCL or LCL injury, shin splints
- Ankles and feet: Achilles tendinitis, ankle sprains, Morton’s neuroma, plantar fasciitis
- Miscellaneous: post-fracture therapy, post-dislocation therapy, post-surgical therapy, generalized muscle or tendon pain or strain, generalized joint pain or sprain
EMOTIONAL ISSUES
- Emotional imbalances: stress, grief, frequent sorrow, irritability, vexation, agitation, anger, fear, fright, spiritless-ness
- Sleeping issues: insomnia, poor sleep, profuse or oppressive dreams
- Anxiety issues: panic attacks, generalized anxiety, phobias, PTSD
- Cognitive issues: poor memory, amnesia, delirium, dementia
- Mood issues: depression, bipolar disorders
- Childhood issues: learning difficulty, motor skills difficulty, communication difficulty, attention deficit disorders (ADD, ADHD)
- Addictive behaviors: eating disorders, smoking cessation
INTERNAL MEDICINE
- Lungs and respiration: asthma, wheezing, breathlessness, acute or chronic cough
- Seasonal illness: colds, flu, cough, sore throat, hay fever, allergies, wheezing, heat stroke
- Women’s health: fertility issues, menstrual irregularities, painful menses, premenstrual tension, morning sickness and other complications during pregnancy, difficult lactation, postpartum issues, fibroids, uterine bleeding, vaginal discharge, genital prolapse, genital itching, pre- and post- menopausal issues
- Children’s health: asthma, bed wetting, whooping cough, mumps, measles, infantile diarrhea, ear infection
- Men’s health: impotence, prostate issues, seminal emission
- Nervous system: dizziness, vertigo, tremors, seizure disorders, sweating issues
- Complex or autoimmune issues: fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, hyper- and hypothyroidism, multiple sclerosis
- Head and face: headaches, facial pain and paralysis, Bell’s Palsy, trigeminal neuralgia, TMJ
- Eye, ear, nose, and throat: sore swollen eyes, styes, eyelid droop, tearing patterns, nasal congestion, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, chronic nosebleeds, loss of voice, mouth sores, toothache, TMJ, chronic ear infections, tinnitus
- Skin, hair, nails: herpes zoster (shingles), rashes, hives, eczema, tinea
- Stomach and intestines: stomach aches, nausea, vomiting, acid reflux, abdominal cramping, diarrhea, constipation, IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), hemorrhoids
- Urinary system: difficult- abnormal- or painful- urination, urinary retention or dribbling, edema, frequent kidney stones
- Miscellaneous issues: palpitations, hypertension, high or low blood pressure, diabetes, epilepsy patterns, malaria, swollen lymph nodes, post-stroke rehabilitation, hiccups, goiter, post-viral issues, cold extremities, lump in the throat, ascites, frequent gallstones