Tag: Autonomic Nervous System
Altered sympathovagal balance and pain hypersensitivity in TNBS-induced colitis.
This study reinforces the brain/gut relationship that is key to understanding and treating GI problems. Here, they look at HRV in conjunction with experimentally induced Irritable Bowel Syndrome in animals. Arch Med Sci. 2017 Feb 1;13(1):246-255. doi: 10.5114/aoms.2015.55147. Epub 2016 Dec 19. Altered sympathovagal balance and pain hypersensitivity in TNBS-induced colitis. Ciesielczyk K1, Furgała A1,…
Read MoreTAVNS and Acupuncture in the Clinic: J.L. and C.H. edition
After I used TAVNS on these patients in the same day, I realized they had some things in common. Both very athletic and hard workers. One patient comes in for hot flashes/Pms, the other anxiety. Both of them had a pronounced drop in their LF/HF with the TAVNS. Is it reproducible? We will see. I’m…
Read MoreHRV in the Clinic: R.Tr edition
This is data from a new patient’s first visit. She has a hypersensitive vagal response, so can feel ill/nauseated and dizzy under certain conditions. This case may prove to be out an outlier of what I usually see in the clinic. I usually try to increase vagal activity/decrease sympathetic activity. In this case I may…
Read MoreClinical Relevance of HRV in the Acupuncture Clinic: Introduction
This is some background material for a paper I’m preparing doing a “deep dive” into what is known about acupuncture and TAVNS and the autonomic nervous system and possible clinical relevance. Clinical relevance of Heart Rate Variability Measures in the Acupuncture Clinic: Study of Acupuncture and transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation Introduction: Acupuncture and…
Read MoreHRV Stress Levels in Acupuncture Clinic: Na.Am edition
This is an almost picture perfect example of an overall decrease in stress levels with acupuncture. This, of course, does not always happen. But this data illustrates a few aspects evaluating the data that I’ve been interested in. Her overall HRV RMSSD and Pnn50 are midrange from 25-40, and .07 to .25 respectively. With this…
Read MoreHeart Rate Variability with Acupuncture: Ma.Co. revisit
This is the subsequent visits from this patient. He’s feeling better, with less anxiety. As we mentioned before, because of his relative high RMSSD and Pnn50, the DFAα1 can be more representative of the autonomic response. So you can see the spikes in stress levels after treatment. But if you look over time with the…
Read MoreHRV and Acupuncture Treatment: Pa.Co. edition
I’ve been testing my HRV protocol for years now looking at TAVNS, or transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation, since it made sense to me that I should be able to see more vagal enhancement, increase in HRV, and decreased sympathetic activity. It is anything but consistent. I wanted the protocol to show effect so that…
Read MoreTranscutaneous vagal nerve stimulation may elicit anti- and pro-nociceptive effects under experimentally-induced pain – a crossover placebo-controlled investigation
I met Usichenko in Barcelona when I presented a paper there. He is also interested in the potential for auricular stimulation in mitigating health problems. In this study he looks at pain management. I posted previously about his work. In this paper they used the auricular concha, not the cymba concha. Cymba concha has a…
Read MoreTAVNS for Depression
The following article is a literature review of the use of TAVNS (transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation) for depression. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30593183 Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 Dec;97(52) (click on title for full text article Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation in treating major depressive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Wu C1, Liu P1, Fu H1, Chen W1, Cui…
Read MoreClinical Case Intractable Migraine and HRV
This data is from a young patient with intractable daily migraines for 1 1/2 years. She has tried any and all treatments. Drugs from betablockers, to anti-Alzheimer, to anti-depressants, to tryptans. Chiropractic, acupuncture… Everything. She came in for consulation and treatment and in the end decided to continue with what she was doing rather than…
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