The accreditation of acupuncture by the Worldwide Health Organisation (WHO) and Greece.

 
In 1979 the Worldwide Health Organisation (WHO) having conducted a series of studies, published and ratified the usefulness of acupuncture in classical Medicine accompanied by a list of diseases treated with acupuncture with very satisfactory results. 

Furthermore, according to the circular of the Department of Health and Human Services No 574/ 1191/80, acupuncture in Greece is now acknowledged as a medical action and must be exclusively applied by specialised and appropriately trained doctors. 


According to the data of the WHO acupuncture deals with:

	







 Respiratory diseases::





  •  	Allergic rhinitis

  •  	Allergic bronchitis

  •  	Allergic sinusitis

  •  	Allergic pharyngitis

  •  	Bronchial asthma

  •  	Acute bronchitis (dyspnea)

    
   Gastrointestinal diseases:


  •   	Oesophagitis

  •   	Gastritis

  •   	Spastic colitis

  •   	Constipation

    




   Musculoskeletal diseases:


  •   	Cervical syndrome

  •   	Periarthritis

  •   	Arthralgia

  •   	Rheumatoid arthritis

  •   	Osteoarthritis

  •   	Spondyloarthropathia

  •   	Lumbago

  •   	Sciatica

    





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   Neurological diseases:

   


  •   	Headache

  •   	Migraine

  •   	Neuralgia triplet

  •   	Paresis of facial nerve

  •   	Vertigo

  •   	Intercostal neuralgia



    


  Psychosomatic diseases:




  •  	Insomnia

  •  	Dysmenorrhea

  •  	Menopause syndrome

  •  	Sexual disorders

  •  	Detoxification addictions

  •  	Alcoholism

  •  	Termination of smoking

  •  	Bulimia, obesity

  •  	Night urination

  •  	Natural childbirth


 
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