According to the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture (2004), acupuncture may be considered a complementary therapy for conditions below. *Asterisks indicate that the World Health validates this information in its publication Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trial.
* Abdominal distention / flatulence
* Control of acute and chronic pain, back pain
* Allergic sinusitis
* Anesthesia for high risk patients or patients with a history of adverse reactions to anesthetics
* Anxiety, panic attacks
* Arthritis / arthrosis
* Atypical chest pain
* Bursitis, tendinitis, carpal tunnel syndrome
* Functional gastrointestinal disorders (nausea and vomiting, esophageal spasm, hyperacidity, irritable bowel)
* Syndromes of cervical and lumbar spine
* Constipation, diarrhea
* Cough
* Addiction (drugs)
* Dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain
* Shoulder pain
* Headache (migraine and tension), vertigo (Meniere disease), tinnitus
* Idiopathic palpitations, sinus tachycardia
* Pain control, edema, enhancing the healing process in fractures
* Muscle spasms, tremors, tics, contractures
* Neuralgia (trigeminal, herpes zoster, postherpetic pain, other)
* Paresthesia
* Persistent hiccups
* Phantom limb pain
* Plantar fasciitis
* Ileus post-traumatic and post-operative
* Premenstrual syndrome
* Certain dermatoses (urticaria, pruritus, eczema, psoriasis)
* Sequelae of stroke (aphasia, hemiplegia)
* Handicapped the seventh cranial nerve (facial nerve)
* Severe hyperthermia
* Sprains and contusions
* Bruxism
* Urinary incontinence, retention (neurogenic, spastic, adverse drug reactions)