I am a member of the British Acupuncture Council www.acupuncture.org.uk and Oxfordshire’s Acupuncture for Childbirth Team http://www.actoxford.org.uk/SueP
Acupuncture is an ancient system of medicine which has been in constant and widespread use for the last few thousand years. This means that it is a well tried and tested and highly developed system of medicine.
Acupuncturists today are in an extremely advantageous situation. On the one hand we draw on the wealth of knowledge and experience of our predecessors down the centuries, and on the other hand, at this time when acupuncture is becoming very popular in the West, as well as the East, we can benefit from new developments and research relevant to modern-day health problems. Therefore, whilst continuing to treat the same conditions which have been dealt with successfully by acupuncturists since ancient times, we are also equipped to deal with “new” illnesses.
Here is a link to a PDF of an extract from a WHO (World Health Organisation) review of Diseases and Disorders that can be treated with Acupuncture.