The World Health organization Interregional Seminar drew up the following provisional list of diseases that lend themselves to acupuncture treatment. The list is based on clinical experience, and not necessarily on controlled clinical research: furthermore, the inclusion of specific diseases are not meant to indicate the extent of acupuncture's efficacy in treating them.
1. Upper Respiratory Tract
* Acute sinusitis
* Acute rhinitis
* Common Cold
* Acute tonsillitis
2. Respiratory System
* Acute bronchitis
* Bronchial asthma (most effective in children and in patience without complicating diseases)
3. Disorders of the Eye
* Acute conjunctivitis
* Central retinitis
* Myopia (in children)
* Cataract (without complications)
4. Disorders of the Mouth
* Toothache, post-extraction pain
* Gingivitis
* Acute and chronic pharyogitis
5. Gastro-intestinal Disorders
* Spasms of esophagus and cardia
* Hiccough
* Gastroptosis
* Acute and chronic gastritis
* Gastric hyperacidity
* Chronic duodenal ulcer (pain relief)
* Acute duodenal ulcer (without complications)
* Acute and chronic colitis
* Acute bacillary dysentery
* Constipation
* Diarrhea
* Paralytic ileus
6. Neurological and Musculo-skeletal Disorders
* Headache and migraine
* Trigeminal neuralgia
* Facial palsy (early stage, i.e., within three to six months)
* Pareses following a stroke
* Peripheral neuropathies
* Sequelae of poliomyelitis (early stage, i.e., within six months)
* Meniere's disease
* Neurogenic bladder dysfunction