An Implantable ElectroAcupuncture Device (IEAD) for treating a specified medical condition of a patient through application of electroacupuncture stimulation pulses applied substantially at or near a specified target tissue location, comprising: a small, thin, disc-shaped IEAD housing (122,124) having an electrode configuration thereon that includes at least two electrodes/arrays (110, 120), wherein the longest linear dimension of the small, thin, IEAD housing is no greater than about 25 mm, and wherein the thickness of the housing, measured in a plane orthogonal to the longest linear dimension, is no greater than 3 mm, and wherein at least one of said at least two electrodes/arrays comprises a central electrode/array located substantially in the center of a first planar surface of the IEAD housing, and wherein at least another of said at least two electrodes/arrays comprises a circumferential electrode/array located substantially around and at least 5 mm distant from the center of the central electrode/array, wherein the first surface of the IEAD housing when implanted is adapted to face inwardly into the patient's tissue at or near the specified target tissue location; pulse generation circuitry located within the IEAD housing and electrically coupled to the at least two electrodes/arrays, wherein said pulse generation circuitry is adapted to deliver stimulation pulses to the patient's body tissue at or near the target tissue location in accordance with a specified stimulation regimen, said stimulation regimen defining the duration and rate (1/T4) at which a stimulation session is applied to the patient, said stimulation regimen requiring that the stimulation session have a duration of T3 minutes and a rate of occurrence of once every T4 minutes, wherein the ratio of T3/T4 is no greater than 0.05, and wherein during each stimulation session EA stimulation pulses having one or more specified widths and amplitudes are generated at one or more specified rates (1/T2); a thin, coin-cell, primary battery (132, 215) contained within the IEAD housing and electrically coupled to the pulse generation circuitry that provides operating power for the pulse generation circuitry, said primary battery having a nominal output voltage of 3 volts, and an internal impedance greater than 5 ohms; and a sensor contained within the IEAD housing responsive to operating commands wirelessly communicated to the IEAD from a non-implanted location, said operating commands allowing limited external control of the IEAD. a small, thin, disc-shaped IEAD housing (122,124) having an electrode configuration thereon that includes at least two electrodes/arrays (110, 120), wherein the longest linear dimension of the small, thin, IEAD housing is no greater than about 25 mm, and wherein the thickness of the housing, measured in a plane orthogonal to the longest linear dimension, is no greater than 3 mm, and wherein at least one of said at least two electrodes/arrays comprises a central electrode/array located substantially in the center of a first planar surface of the IEAD housing, and wherein at least another of said at least two electrodes/arrays comprises a circumferential electrode/array located substantially around and at least 5 mm distant from the center of the central electrode/array, wherein the first surface of the IEAD housing when implanted is adapted to face inwardly into the patient's tissue at or near the specified target tissue location; pulse generation circuitry located within the IEAD housing and electrically coupled to the at least two electrodes/arrays, wherein said pulse generation circuitry is adapted to deliver stimulation pulses to the patient's body tissue at or near the target tissue location in accordance with a specified stimulation regimen, said stimulation regimen defining the duration and rate (1/T4) at which a stimulation session is applied to the patient, said stimulation regimen requiring that the stimulation session have a duration of T3 minutes and a rate of occurrence of once every T4 minutes, wherein the ratio of T3/T4 is no greater than 0.05, and wherein during each stimulation session EA stimulation pulses having one or more specified widths and amplitudes are generated at one or more specified rates (1/T2); a thin, coin-cell, primary battery (132, 215) contained within the IEAD housing and electrically coupled to the pulse generation circuitry that provides operating power for the pulse generation circuitry, said primary battery having a nominal output voltage of 3 volts, and an internal impedance greater than 5 ohms; and a sensor contained within the IEAD housing responsive to operating commands wirelessly communicated to the IEAD from a non-implanted location, said operating commands allowing limited external control of the IEAD.