The National Institutes of Health and the World Health Organization recognize acupuncture to treat the following conditions:

• Addictions
  
• Anxiety
  
• Arthritis
  
• Asthma
  
• Chronic fatigue
  
• Colitis
  
• Common cold
  
• Constipation
  
• Depression
  
• Dizziness
  
• Diarrhea
  
• Digestive problems
  
• Emotional problems

• Facial Palsy
  
• Fatigue
  
• Fertility
  
• Fibromyalgia
  
• Gingivitis
  
• Headache
  
• Hiccup
  
• Incontinence
  
• Indigestion
  
• Osteoarthritis
  
• Pain
  
• PMS
  
• Rhinitis

• Sciatica
  
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
  
• Shoulder pain
  
• Sinusitis
  
• Sleeping disturbance
  
• Smoking cessation
  
• Sore throat
  
• Stress
  
• Tennis elbow
  
• Tonsillitis
  
• Trigeminal neuralgia
  
• Urinary tract infection
  
• Vomiting