The 1997 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Conference on acupuncture stated, "The data in support of acupuncture is as strong as those for many Western medical therapies and the incidence of adverse effects is substantially lower than that of many drugs or other accepted medical procedures used for the same conditions."

The following is a partial list of conditions that the World Health Organization (WHO) and the NIH consider amenable to acupuncture treatment:

common cold	headache	weight control
sinusitis	migraine	smoking cessation
sore throat	bursitis	asthma
allergies	trigeminal neuralgia	frozen shoulder
paralysis after stroke	sciatica	tennis elbow
anxiety	osteoarthritis	low back pain
depression	panic disorders	post-trauma pain
insomnia	post-surgical pain	figromyalgia
constipation	diarrhea	chronic fatigue
reflux	menopause	ulcers
irritable bowel syndrome	PMS	urinary disfunction
gastritis	immune system tonification	hypertension
morning sickness

Common and effective treatments include:

smoking cessation and other addictions

relieving anxiety related symptoms, calming the mind, and relaxing the body

pain relief related to injury or illness - acute or chronic

treating the source of the pain not just the symptoms

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