Acupuncture & Natural Medicine              Dr. Peng, Rockville, MD             

Indications for Acupuncture
Symptoms and Diseases

Followings are the comprehensive list of acupuncture indications. However, acupuncture
therapy is not limited to these conditions. Indications for acupuncture is of a wide
spectrum of clinic symptoms and diseases. Moreover, Many studies have been on-going
to expand acupuncture indications. Please consult Dr. Peng for details.

Acute and chronic low back pain (LBP) including muscle spasms,disc
herniation etc.
Sciatic pain
Migraine
Temporamandibular joint (TMJ) pain & dysfunction
Neck pain
Shoulder pain (frozen shoulder, or adhesive capsulitis)
Fibromyalgia
Myofascial pain
Knee joint pain
Tennis elbow
Arthritic joint pains including osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Neuropathic pain (peripheral neuropathy)

Menstrual pain (Dysmenorrhea)
Premenstrual syndrome
Menopausal symptoms (Hot flash and night sweat)

Nausea / vomiting including chemotherapy induced
Stress / anxiety
Fatigue & weakness
Insomnia
Irritable bowl syndrome
Acute & chronic diarrhea
Constipation
Urticaria
Itch
Hiccup
Tinnitus
Cough
Urinary incontinence
Rentention of urine
Allergy

Stroke rehabilitation
Hemiplegia / paraplegia
Facial paralysis

Obesity (Weight loss)
Hyperlipidemia (High LDL cholesterol, High triglyceride)
Maintaining general well-being