Follow-up and therapy of 136 patients with nonspecific salpingo-oophoritis evidence the efficacy of acupuncture included in a complex of therapeutic measures for the treatment of this condition, as compared to traditional therapeutic modalities. Acupuncture therapy is conductive to shortening in-hospital therapy, to full-value normalization of the body immunobiologic defense and of the autonomic nervous system, and to a reduction of the incidence of the condition recurrences.