
Indications for Acupuncture and Chinese herb
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Acne vulgaris
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Adverse reactions to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy (WHO)
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Allergic rhinitis (including hay fever) (WHO)
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Bell’s palsy (facial paralysis)
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Constipation
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Cough/wheezing (common cold, bronchitis or asthma)
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Dementia
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Depression (including depressive neurosis and depression after stroke) (WHO)
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Diabetes mellitus
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Diarrhea (dysentery, acute bacillary) (WHO)
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Erb-Duchenne palsy (upper arm weakness)
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Facial spasm
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Fibromyalgia and fasciitis
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Gouty arthritis
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Guillain-Barre Syndrome (limbs tingling)
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Herpes zoster
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Hyperlipaemia (high cholesterol)
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Hypertension, essential (high blood pressure) (WHO)
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Hypotension, primary (low blood pressure) (WHO)
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Insomnia
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Induction of labor (WHO)
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Klumpke's palsy (upper arm weakness)
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Leukopenia (low white blood cell) (WHO)
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Malposition of fetus, correction of (pregnancy care) (WHO)
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Ménière disease
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Morning sickness (pregnancy care) (WHO)
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Muscle weakness (Motor neuron disease: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, bulbar palsy)
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Nausea and vomiting (WHO)
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Neuralgia, post-herpetic
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Neuromuscular transmission disease (e.g. myasthenia gravis),
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Obesity
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Opium, cocaine and heroin dependence
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Osteoarthritis
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Pain after endoscopic examination
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Pain after surgery (postoperative pain) (WHO)
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Pain in abdomen
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Dysmenorrhoea/ Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) (WHO)
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Epigastralgia, acute (abdominal pain due to peptic ulcer, acute/chronic gastritis, and gastrospasm) (WHO)
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Pain in cancer
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Pain in dentistry (toothache and temporomandibular dysfunction) (WHO)
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Pain in ear (earache)
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Pain in face (craniomandibular disorders or Trigeminal neuralgia) (WHO)
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Pain in head ( headache-migraine, giant-cell arteritis, cluster headache ) (WHO)
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Pain in jaws (temporomandibular joint dysfunction) (TMJ)
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Pain in joints (neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist-carpal tunnel syndrome, fingers- rheumatoid arthritis hips, knees, ankles or joints sprain) (WHO)
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Pain in low back, leg and feet (sciatica, diabetic neuropathy) (WHO)
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Pain in spine
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Pain in thromboangiitis obliterans
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Peroneal nerve palsy (foot drop)
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Prostatitis
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Pruritus
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Raynaud syndrome, primary
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Retention of urine, traumatic
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Saturday night palsy (upper arm injury-wrist drop)
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Sjögren syndrome (dry eyes and mouth)
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Sore throat (common cold, tonsillitis)
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Stiff neck
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Stress/anxiety
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Stroke (WHO)
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Tinnitus (ear ringing)
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Tobacco dependence
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Ulcerative colitis, chronic
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Urinary-tract infection (UTI-painful urination)
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Urolithiasis (kidney stone)