Tag: acupuncture research
Electroacupuncture Promotes CNS-Dependent Release of Mesenchymal Stem Cells.
This study with a million authors is maily out of Florida. It’s pertinent for a variety of reasons. There is the remarkable fact that this huge group was able to get funding for such sophisticated acupuncture research and that it paid off. Way cool on all counts. Unfortunately, no emails available to try to get…
Read MoreClinical Case: Acupuncture for Constipation, HRV Pa.Ma
This is a nice case. She has responded well to acupuncture with improvement in a lifelong problem with constipation. This should be a text book example of improvement in vagal activity. What do we see? It illustrates the value of looking at individual treatments as well as over time. …
Read MoreClinical Case Study: Stress Reduction An.Ma
This data is to illustrate a patient’s overall stress reduction over time. This patient is 50+ and comes in for cosmetic acupuncture in addition to routine treatments for “maintenance.” Her treatments only vary slightly from session to session since the bulk of the needling is cosmetic. Her other ongoing issues are allergies, sleeping, and stress….
Read MoreIrritable Bowel, Fatigue Clinical Case with HRV:Ma.Bo
This patient is a young woman who we have discussed before, here . I wanted to share her most recent data and illustrate a few points. I like to look at stress levels with HRV, but HRV can be analyzed in a few different ways. What I have found, is that overall variability as measured by…
Read MorePublished. Article on Movement Disorders and Vagal Tone
Here is a link to the article coming out in February. Unfortunately, it’s behind a paywall. It will appear in Alternative and Complementary Therapies. The article looks at stress response and vagal tone in two patients with movement disorders. One patient has cervical dystonia, and the other has intentions tremor. Acupuncture and Vagal Tone: Cervical…
Read MoreClinical Cases: TVNS only Ma.Mi, Te. Ca
These data sets are in two patients who showed some improvement in their autonomic balance with estim, or Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation (TVNS) as shown by HRV. I wanted to see what their data would look like without the needling, just estim. In both cases, they showed improved autonomic balance with lowered sympathetic activity and…
Read MoreChanges in HbA1c and circulating and adipose tissue androgen levels in overweight‐obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome in response to electroacupuncture
Lots of nitty gritty on physiological effects of acupuncture on tissues, neurotransmitters, and other systems. They gave lots of acupuncture, which, again, is a bit of a stumbling block for us practitioners, but you have to crawl before you can walk. They will be doing a full controlled study now that they had this positive…
Read MoreElectro-Acupuncture 36St for Allergy and Inflammation
I was just wondering today if I, perhaps, make things more complicated and use more points than I need to. In this animal study, they showed significant effect on allergic and inflammatory markers using electroacupuncture on 36St only. That would certainly make my job easier with all of the allergy patients I see… Inflammation….
Read MoreChronic Fatigue Syndrome: HRV, Moxibustion and Acupuncture
In this new study from Gerhard Litscher (friend of blog) hrv-moxa-and-chronic-fatigue-litscher, they compare a control group (healthy volunteers), acupuncture group, and moxibustion group. They then compare their chronic fatigue scores, their HRV scores before during and after acupuncture at the 4th and 10th visit. He was kind enough to send me the article in…
Read MoreNational Center for Complementary and Integrative Health Strategic Plan
nccih_2016_strategic_plan The NCCIH has come out with a new report on their strategic plan going forward. In some ways it’s very encouraging and exciting since they are prioritizing conditions that I’ve been focusing on for years, pain, anxiety and depression. On the other hand it’s maddening since, though it’s no excuse for no results,…
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