Oriental medicine has been used for thousands of years.  It has evolved and become quite sophisticated.  It is a medical system that has helped generations of people in Asia.  Increasingly, people in Western society are seeking out Oriental medicine which can provide an effective medical alternative.  Just counting the number of research articles now being done on acupuncture alone shows this interest.  The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its findings of current research showing how acupuncture can be used in treating various illnesses.  The following is only some of the many conditions that can be treated with acupuncture. Acne vulgaris Adverse reactions to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy Alcohol dependence and detoxification Allergies, Sinusitis (including hay fever) Bell’s Palsy Breach baby Bronchial asthma Cancer pain Depression Diabetes mellitus, non-insulin-dependent Dysentery Earache Eye pain due to subconjunctival infection Epigastric and stomach pain Facial pain Facial spasm Female infertility Female urethral syndrome Fibromyalgia and fasciitis Gouty arthritis Headache Hepatitis B Herpes Zoster High blood pressure Hyperlipaemia Induction of labor Insomnia Knee pain Labor pain Lactation, insufficient Leukopenia Low back pain Low blood pressure Male sexual dysfunction Meniere’s disease Migraines Morning sickness Nausea and vomiting Neck pain Obesity Osteoarthritis Pain in dentistry Painful menses Periarthritis of shoulder Postoperative pain Premenstrual syndrome Prostatitis, chronic Raynaud syndrome Renal colic Rheumatoid arthritis Schizophrenia Sciatica Sjögren syndrome Sore throat Spine pain, acute Sprain Stiff neck Stroke Temporal mandibular dysfunction Tennis elbow Tobacco dependence Tourette Syndrome Ulcerative colitis, chronic Vascular dementia Urinary tract infections Whooping Cough