National Institute of Health (NIH) Consensus Statement

National Institute of Health (NIH) Consensus Statement
NIH funding for research on alternative medicine including acupuncture has doubled over the past decade, reaching $128.8 million in 2010. After examining over two thousand published scientific studies on acupuncture, an expert panel of NIH investigators released a consensus statement recognizing acupuncture as an effective alternative or adjunct treatment for a broad variety of conditions including: addiction, stroke rehabilitation, headache, menstrual cramps, tennis elbow, fibromyalgia, myofascial pain, osteoarthritis, lower back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, asthma, chemotherapy-induced nausea, and postoperative dental pain.

(NIH Consensus Panel. Journal of the American Medical Association. Nov 1998; 280(17):1518-24.)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11271061