Usually when researchers and experts discuss acupuncture they use the term to refer to all types of acupuncture, including Toyohari. Many studies on acupuncture have been published over the last 50 years.
In recent years many experts have concluded that acupuncture is effective for a number of different health problems. Of course experts don’t agree on everything so differences of opinion can be found.
Acupuncture is received differently in different European countries; sometimes it is readily accepted as a treatment option, sometimes it is largely ignored, in some it is even covered by insurance without the medical systems of those countries paying it much attention. In order to understand your own situation, it is a good idea to look to how acupuncture is received in the country you live in. This can also give an idea about whether there is insurance coverage for acupuncture in your country. In the links below we discuss how medical experts have recommended acupuncture across Europe and within different European countries. Hopefully you can find useful scientific information about acupuncture in the country where you live.
With this European perspective in mind, the following helps understand how you might benefit from receiving Toyohari treatment. Here are the conditions where there is more general agreement among medical experts about the use of acupuncture:
European medical expert conclusions about acupuncture
Acupuncture has been recommended as a treatment option for many different health problems. Although there are many variations by country, in Europe acupuncture is more commonly recommended for the following pain problems, non-pain problems and common problems experienced by patients undergoing cancer treatment, recovering from cancer or in palliative care.
Examples of more commonly recommended symptoms
PAIN:
chronic pain, back pain, neck pain, tension headaches, migraine, musculoskeletal pain including fibromyalgia, temporo-mandibular joint disorder, joint pain including arthritis pain, chronic pelvic pain including menstrual pain, endometriosis pain and pregnancy related pain; irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); chronic urogenital pain problems like prostatitis pain, chronic bladder pain syndrome (interstitial cystitis)
NON-PAIN:
nausea and vomiting, especially from surgery and in pregnancy; assisting with stroke rehabilitation; anxiety; depression; addiction; sleep problems
CANCER and PALLIATIVE CARE: cancer pain including joint pain from aromatase inhibitor treatment, neuropathy from chemotherapy treatment, pain in palliative care, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, cancer related fatigue, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, cancer treatment related hot flashes, cancer treatment related dry mouth (xerostomia).
- For a brief description of the experience of receiving Toyohari treatments, click here.
- For more details of the different medical expert groups that recommend acupuncture and to see what they recommend country by country click Medical conditions recommended by European medical experts and for a break down by symptom and country click The main conditions with more agreement that acupuncture can be effective.