Acupuncture is recognized by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to be effective in the treatment of a wide variety of medical problems. This is a short list of health concerns that these two organizations recognize acupuncture as an effective form of treatment:

Anxiety
Arthritis
Carpal Tunnel
Chronic Fatigue
Common Cold
Constipation
Diarrhea
Digestive trouble
Dizziness
Facial Palsy/Tics
Fibromyalgia
Headache
IBS
Low back pain
Menopause
Menstrual irregularities
Migraine
Osteoarthritis
Pain
PMS
Sciatica
Shoulder pain
Sinus congestion
Sleep disturbances
Sore throat
Tennis elbow
Trigeminal neuralgia