Is there any Research?

With nearly 1,000 systematic reviews of acupuncture, getting a sense of what the evidence shows can be a challenge. Fortunately, the entire literature base was summarized in 2010 by the Australian Department of Veteran Affairs. This review was updated in 2014 by the US Department of Veteran Affairs and then again in 2017 by John McDonald and Stephen Janz, the authors of the Acupuncture Evidence Project  

The Evidence Based Acupuncture Website was created to show the current state of knowledge about Acupuncture using the language of science. They are a community run project providing simple, trustworthy and robust evidence-based tools that will empower acupuncturists and acupuncture as equal among medicine improving public health and saving lives.   To find out more, click on Evidence Based Acupuncture 

There has been a great deal of research into the efficacy of acupuncture over the last few years, so in order to help sift ‘fact from fiction’ the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) have compiled a selection of fact sheets which provide accurate and unbiased general information for a variety of conditions. Clicking on the links below will allow you to access information on: 

 Acne … Allergic rhinitis … Anxiety … Arrhythmias and Heart Failure … Asthma … Back pain … Bell’s palsy … Cancer care … Carpal tunnel syndrome … Childbirth …. Chronic fatigue syndrome … Chronic pain … Colds and flu … COPD … Coronary heart disease … Cystitis … Dementia … Dentistry … Depression … Dysmenorrhoea … Eczema and Psoriasis … Endometriosis … Facial pain … Female fertility … Fibromyalgia … Frozen shoulder … Gastrointestinal tract disorders … Gout … Headache … Herpes … HIV infection … Hypertension … Infertility ART … Insomnia … Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) … Kidney stones … Male infertility … Menopausal symptoms … Migraines … Multiple sclerosis … Nausea and vomiting … Neck pain … Neuropathic pain … Obesity … Obstetrics … Osteoarthritis … Palliative care … Parkinson’s disease … PCOS … Post-operative pain … Post-traumatic stress disorder … Premenstrual syndrome … Puerperium … Raynaud’s … Rheumatoid arthritis … Sciatica … Sinusitis … Sports Injuries … Stress … Stroke … Substance misuse … Tennis elbow … Thyroid disease … Tinnitus … Type-2 Diabetes … Urinary incontinence …  Vertigo