The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) recommends the use of acupuncture for the following conditions:
Respiratory Diseases
- Acute sinusitis
- Acute rhinitis
- Common cold
- Acute tonsillitis
Bronchopulmonary Diseases
- Acute bronchitis
- Bronchial asthma
Eye Disorders
- Acute conjuctivitis
- Cataract (without complications)
- Myopia
- Central retinitis
Disorders of the Mouth Cavity
- Toothache
- Pain after tooth extraction
- Gingivitis
- Pharyngitis
Orthopedic Disorders
- Periarthritis humeroscapularis
- Tennis elbow
- Sciatica
- Low back pain
- Rheumatoid arthritis
Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Spasm of the esophagus and cardia
- Hiccups
- Gastroptosis
- Acute and chronic gastritis
- Gastric hyperacidity
- Chronic duodenal ulcer
- Acute and chronic colitis
- Acute bacterial dysentery
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
- Paralytic ileus
Neurologic Disorders
- Headache
- Migraine
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Facial paralysis
- Paralysis after apoplectic fit
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Paralysis caused by poliomyelitis
- Meniere's syndrome
- Neurogenic bladder dysfunction
- Nocturnal enuresis
- Intercostal neuralgia
Dr Duke has successfully treated and/or greatly reduced the severity of the following conditions:
- ACL/MCL conditions
- Adrenal fatigue
- Allergies
- ALS
- AS (Ankylosing Spondylitis)
- Arnold-Chiari Malformation
- Asperger’s
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Arm/hand pain & numbness
- Athletic peak performance
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD or ADHD)
- Austism
- Back pain
- Bed wetting (Nocturnal enuresis)
- Bell’s Palsy
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Cerebral Palsy
- Child development issues
- Chronic fatigue
- Chronic infections
- Chronic pain
- Colic
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Concussions
- Constipation
- Degenerative disc disease
- Depression
- Disc bulges
- Digestive issues
- Dyskenesia/Dystonia (involuntary muscle movements)
- Epileptic seizures
- Ear infections (Otitis Media)
- Elbow pain (golfers/tennis elbow)
- Extremity pain
- Facet Joint Pain
- Fainting
- Fatigue/Exhaustion
- Female disorders
- Fibromyalgia
- Frequent colds
- Gastric Reflux
- Headaches (all types)
- Herniated disc
- High blood pressure
- Hip pain
- Hyperactivity
- IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease)
- IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
- Immune system deficiency
- Indigestion
- Infertility
- IT band syndrome/pain (Iliotibial band syndrome)
- Knee pain
- Learning disabilities
- Leg pain
- Lock Jaw
- Loss of sleep (Insomnia)
- Loss of smell
- Low back pain
- Memory loss
- Menieres disease
- Migraine headaches
- Motor skills disorders
- Multiple sclerosis
- Muscle atrophy
- Muscle spasms
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Neck pain
- Nervousness
- Neuralgia
- Neuritis
- Numbness
- Occipital neuralgia
- Osgood-Schlatter disease
- Pain (chronic and acute)
- Parkinson’s diseases
- Piriformis syndrome
- Plantar fascitis
- Poor Posture
- Radiculopathy
- Range of motion loss/decrease
- Restlessness
- Restless leg
- Reynauds
- Rotator cuff issues (including tears)
- Sacroiliac (SI joint) dysfunction/pain
- Sciatica
- Scoliosis
- Short leg syndrome
- Shoulder pain
- Sinus problems
- Sleep disorders
- Spinal cord injuries
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylosis/Spondylolisthesis
- Sprains/Strains
- Stamina loss
- Tendonitis
- Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS)
- Thyroid dysfunction
- Tinnitus (Ringing of the ears)
- T.M.J. Syndrome
- Tourett’s Syndrome
- Tremors
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vertigo (Dizziness)
- Vestibular disorders
- Vision disorders
- Whiplash