In 1996, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized 64 indications for acupuncture and moxibustion, divided into 9 major categories, as follows:
| Neurological system diseases | - Apoplexy.
- Headache, migraine, facial neuralgia.
- Facial muscle disorders (facial nerve paralysis).
- Sciatica.
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| Musculoskeletal system diseases | - Neck pain─neck sprain and strain.
- Shoulder and arm muscle pain (frozen shoulder)─brachial plexus lesions, arthralgia, shoulder, upper arm, shoulder adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder, fifty shoulder), acromioclavicular ligament sprain and strain, shoulder and upper arm sprain and strain.
- Back muscle pain─back sprain and strain, ankylosing spondylitis, back pain.
- Myalgia─intercostal neuralgia, nerve root and plexus disorders, myositis.
- Lumbar muscle pain─spinal lesions, lumbar disc displacement, lumbago, coccygeal disorders, muscle rigidity, fascial syndrome, lumbar sprain and strain, coccygeal sprain and strain.
- Calf muscle spasm─muscle wasting and disuse atrophy.
- Joint stiffness and tightness.
- Arthritis─rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, traumatic arthropathy, polyarticular arthropathy or polyarthritis, arthropathy, patellar chondromalacia, internal knee disorders, arthralgia, lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow).
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| Respiratory system | - Cough─acute upper respiratory tract infection, acute pharyngitis (sore throat), acute and chronic bronchitis.
- Bronchial asthma.
- Chronic obstructive lung qi swelling.
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| Gastrointestinal system | - Epigastric pain─acute and chronic gastric or duodenal ulcer, chronic peptic ulcer, gastritis, gastritis and duodenitis.
- Vomiting─achalasia and esophageal spasm, esophageal disorders, habitual vomiting, indigestion and other gastric functional disorders, paralytic ileus, hiccups.
- Constipation.
- Diarrhea─infectious large intestine inflammation, enteritis and gastroenteritis, large intestine regional enteritis, non-infectious gastroenteritis and large intestine inflammation, irritable bowel syndrome, other postoperative functional disorders, functional diarrhea, intestinal malabsorption.
- Prolapse of rectum.
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| Urogenital system | - Chronic nephritis.
- Impotence.
- Seminal emission.
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| Gynecological diseases | - Premenstrual tension syndrome.
- Menstrual irregularities.
- Dysmenorrhea.
- Functional Zigong (EX-CA1) bleeding.
- Leucorrhea.
- Prolapse of uterus.
- Vomiting of pregnancy.
- Eclampsia syndrome. Strange amenorrhea.
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| Five sense organs system diseases | - Rhinitis, nasopharyngitis, and sinusitis, allergic rhinitis.
- Toothache.
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| Skin system diseases | - Contact dermatitis, eczema and acne, sebaceous cyst.
- Urticaria.
- Herpes zoster.
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| Pediatric diseases | - Infantile cerebral palsy.
- Developmental delay.
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