There has been a great deal of research into the efficacy of acupuncture over the last few years, so in order to help sift ‘fact from fiction’ the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) have compiled a selection of fact sheets which provide accurate and unbiased general information for a variety of conditions.

Acne … 

Allergic rhinitis … 

Anxiety … 

Arrhythmias and Heart Failure … 

Asthma … 

Back pain … 

Bell’s palsy … 

Cancer care … 

Carpal tunnel syndrome … 

Childbirth …. 

Chronic fatigue syndrome … 

Chronic pain … 

Colds and flu … 

COPD … 

Coronary heart disease … 

Cystitis … 

Dementia … 

Dentistry … 

Depression … 

Dysmenorrhoea … 

Eczema and Psoriasis … 

Endometriosis … 

Facial pain … 

Female fertility … 

Fibromyalgia … 

Frozen shoulder … 

Gastrointestinal tract disorders … 

Gout … 

Headache … 

Herpes … 

HIV infection … 

Hypertension … 

Infertility ART … 

Insomnia … 

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) … 

Kidney stones … 

Male infertility … 

Menopausal symptoms … 

Migraines … 

Multiple sclerosis … 

Nausea and vomiting … 

Neck pain … 

Neuropathic pain … 

Obesity … 

Obstetrics … 

Osteoarthritis … 

Palliative care … 

Parkinson’s disease … 

PCOS … 

Post-operative pain … 

Post-traumatic stress disorder … 

Premenstrual syndrome … 

Puerperium … 

Raynaud’s … 

Rheumatoid arthritis … 

Sciatica … 

Sinusitis … 

Sports Injuries … 

Stress … 

Stroke … 

Substance misuse … 

Tennis elbow … 

Thyroid disease … 

Tinnitus … 

Type-2 Diabetes … 

Urinary incontinence …  

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