Paul De Lucia,  AP, DOM Diplomate in Oriental Medicine

Providing Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Holistic, Integrative Care to St Petersburg Florida

Acupuncture has been cited by the World Health Organization and the National Instittute of Health to treat over 60 conditions:

Addiction-alcohol, drug, smoking	Fatigue	PMS
Anxiety	Fertility	Pneumonia
Arthritis	Fibromyalgia	Prostatitis
Asthma	Frozen Shoulder	Reproductive problems
Bladder problems	Gingivitis	Rhinitis
Bronchitis	Headache	Sciatica
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome	Hiccups	Shoulder pain
Chronic Fatigue	IBS	Sinusitis
Colitis	Incontinence	Sleep problems (Insomnia)
Common Cold	Indigestion	Sore throat
Cough	Intercostal Neuralgia	Sport Injuries
Constipation	Knee pain	Stress
Dental Pain	Low back pain	Stroke
Depression	Meniere’s Disease	Tennis Elbow
Diarrhea	Menopause	Tonsillitis
Digestive problems	Menstrual problems	Trigeminal Neuralgia
Dizziness	Migraine	Ulcers
Dysentery	Morning Sickness	Urinary tract infection
Emotional problems	Nausea	Vomiting
Eye problems	Pain	Wrist pain
Facial palsy/tics	Peripheral Neuropathy

National Institute of Health Conference (NIH) found Acupuncture

• Effective for adult post-operative and chemotherapy nausea and vomiting; a reasonable option for post-operative myofascial and low back pain; should be a part of a comprehensive program for asthma, addiction and smoking cessation.
• Has substantially lower incidence of adverse effects than many drugs or accepted medical procedures used for the same conditions.
• The data in support of acupuncture are as strong as for many accepted Western medical therapies.

Clinical Research (NIH) demonstrates that Acupuncture

• Stimulates bone regrowth
• Regulates blood pressure
• Increases red and white blood cell count

Stimulates production of pain modulating endorphins and enkephalins; The Body Electric by Robert Becker, MD; The Vital Meridian by Alan Bensoussian.