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Alternating Auricular Vagal Stimulation, HRV Data: De. Bo edition
I haven’t been sharing much data lately, just due to other projects and travel. Here is some data from a patient who values electrical ear stimlulation that provides increased vagal activity, ie increased “rest and digest” and has a unit at home to use. Though she’s not gotten around to use it much recently, we…
Read MoreAcupuncture and Weight Loss
(I link to this with caveats. As I’ve said many times over the years, if acupuncture was the answer for weight loss, I’d be a billionaire. But, nonetheless, to be thorough, I’m linking to this study since it’s in the news.) The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) of Hong Kong Baptist University recently completed a…
Read MoreAcupuncture, HRV and Constipation Pa.Ma. update
This patient has coming in for two months for life long constipation. She is clinically improved with only 1 out of 5 days with constipation instead of each day. In her data, you can see a decrease in her sympathetic (fright/flight) and an increase in her parasympathetic (rest/digest) activity over the two months. Correlation is…
Read MoreAcupuncture for Vertigo, Autonomics and HRV: Sh.Ga
This data is from a new patient who has intractable vertigo. Patients with vertigo tend to have higher stress levels in general, and if that improves it may help since treating vertigo can be challenging. She is a 70+ woman who appears younger than her stated age and is otherwise healthy except for this problem….
Read MoreClinical Case: Allergies, GI and HRV De.Bo edition
I have been treating this patient for years. Her main issues have been allergies, fatigue, and gastrointestinal. She has found that the estim device has been quite helpful and she ended up buying a unit from me and I fashioned a custom made ear electrode for her. In this observational study, she seems to…
Read MoreClinical Case: Cosmetic Acupuncture, Migraine and HRV Mi.Do.
This is another case looking at stress reduction with cosmetic acupuncture, similar to this one. This patient also had migraines and lesser headaches which have also improved significantly. We can see the over stress levels, LF/HF tending to decrease. But parasympathetic (rest and digest autonomic activity) increase, and sympathetic activity (fright or flight) decrease over…
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 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 MoreNeuropathy and Acupuncture (Do.Al): Case Study with HRV cont’d
Warning: This post is really for the truly devoted to data. Ugly as heck, but beautiful in its own chaotic way. We have seen this patient’s data before, but I wanted to revisit it with fresh data and a slightly different focus. This patient is in her 60’s and had debilitating peripheral neuropathy which…
Read MoreClinical Case Study: Acupuncture for GI problems, Stress Levels and HRV (Ma.Bo)
Case Study: young patient with GI problems since a stint in the third world. I’ve been treating her for vagal enhancement and TCM for Spleen and Stomach. 10/20/2016 13LV 20St 3Liv 15TR 4LI 6PC 6Sp 36St prone 2iV 20V 23V 18V She has some reduction in GI symptoms, but still suffers from fatigue. I have…
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