Vitamin D: Key for Optimum Health
This info graphic is super helpful for learning why Vitamin D is so crucial for health. From Rhonda Patrick’s blog. good health.
Read MoreIncreased Sympathetic Activity in Headache Patients
This article compares autonomic activity in headache patients. They make no distinction between headache and migraine. Though I’d expected as much, they found lower parasympathetic activity and higher sympathetic activity in headache patients. I do have one patient who has had remarkable results with acupuncture, but his stress levels remain quite high. Other than his case,…
Read MoreCase Study: Stress and Cosmetic Ch.Ma edition
These graphs are from a patient I’ve been seeing since the summer for cosmetic acupuncture and stress reduction. She enjoys her treatments and looks forward to the relaxation they provide. Notice how even though there are some “bumps” in her data during treatment, over time we see a consistent and convincing decrease in her stress…
Read MoreAfferent Aδ-Fibers Induces Long-Term Depression at Primary Afferent Synapses with Substantia Gelatinosa Neurons in the Rat
http://www.jneurosci.org/content/17/16/6483 Low-Frequency Stimulation of Afferent Aδ-Fibers Induces Long-Term Depression at Primary Afferent Synapses with Substantia Gelatinosa Neurons in the Rat J. Sandkühler, J. G. Chen, G. Cheng and M. Randić Journal of Neuroscience 15 August 1997, 17 (16) 6483-6491 Article Figures & Data Info & Metrics eLetters PDF Abstract Impulses in primary afferent nerve fibers…
Read MoreModulation of vagal tone (TaVNS) enhances gastroduodenal motility and reduces somatic pain sensitivity.
full text here Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2016 Apr;28(4):592-8. Modulation of vagal tone enhances gastroduodenal motility and reduces somatic pain sensitivity. Frøkjaer JB1,2, Bergmann S1,2, Brock C3,4, Madzak A1, Farmer AD3,5,6, Ellrich J7, Drewes AM2,3. Author information Abstract BACKGROUND: The parasympathetic nervous system, whose main neural substrate is the vagus nerve, exerts a fundamental antinociceptive role…
Read MoreAcupuncture for Long Term Management of Hypertension
Longhurst has done extensive work on hypertension management with electroacupuncture. This article goes into his methods and results in depth. Hypertension electroacupuncture Longhurst
Read MoreAcupuncture and Anti-inflammatory Effect Via Vagus Nerve
I am re-posting this from a few years ago. I’m reworking my abstract for the NANS (North American Neuromodulation Society) meeting since the deadline has been postponed. This article is a great resource for some of the basic science behind vagal nerve stimulation via acupuncture at Stomach 36 and outcomes. Full article here. PLoS One….
Read MoreRelationship between vagal tone, cortisol, TNF-alpha, epinephrine and negative affects in Crohn’s disease and irritable bowel syndrome.
PLoS One. 2014 Sep 10;9(9):e105328. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105328. eCollection 2014. Relationship between vagal tone, cortisol, TNF-alpha, epinephrine and negative affects in Crohn’s disease and irritable bowel syndrome. Pellissier S1, Dantzer C2, Mondillon L3, Trocme C4, Gauchez AS4, Ducros V4, Mathieu N5, Toussaint B6, Fournier A3, Canini F7, Bonaz B8. Author information Abstract Crohn’s disease (CD) and…
Read MoreDoes Acupuncture Reduce Stress Over Time?
This is the Does Acupuncture Reduce Stress Proof from over a year ago. I thought I had it referenced here, but cannot find. So posting again.
Read MoreChiropractic and HRV
Nice rundown of the basics of HRV and some of the implications in the chiropractic clinic.
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