The World Health Organization has listed the following diseases as treatable by acupuncture. • Upper respiratory tract Acute sinusitis • Acute rhinitis • Common cold • Acute tonsilitis • Acute and chronic pharyngitis • Acute bronchitis • Bronchial asthma • Disorders of the Mouth • Toothache • Post-extraction pain • Gingivitis • Gastrointestinal system • Spasms of esophagus and cardia • Hiccough • Acute and chronic gastritis • Gastric hyperacidity • Chronic duodenal ulcer (pain relief) • Acute duodenal ulcer (without complications) • Acute bacilliary dysentery • Constipation • Diarrhoea • Paralytic ileus • Disorders of the Eye • Acute conjunctivitis • Central retinitis • Myopia (in children) • Cataract (without complications) • Neurological Headache • Migraine Trigeminal neuralgia • Facial palsy (early stage) • Pareses following a stroke • Peripheral neuropathies • Sequelae of poliomyelitis (early stage) • Meniere's disease • Neurogenic bladder dysfunction • Nocturnal enuresis • Intercostal neuralgia • Musculo-skeletal disorders • Osteoarthritis • Low back pain Sciatica • Cervicobrachial syndrome • "Frozen shoulder" • "Tennis elbow"