Tag: acupuncture for prevention
Allergic Rhinitis: Acupuncture in addition to Immune therapy Improves Results
Allergies and allergic rhinitis is a large part of my practice. It worked for me! Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Jan;98(1):e13945. Acupuncture as an add-on therapy to sublingual allergen-specific immunotherapy for patients with allergic rhinitis. Li JH1, Yang LH1, Chen Y2, Fan ZX1. Author information 1 Department of Otolaryngology. 2 Department of Intensive Care Unit, First Affiliated…
Read MoreBenefits of Acupuncture for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
This abstract discusses some of the positive effects of acupuncture which help to mitigate the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease. Of course, of most interest to me is the effect on vagal activity. Unfortunately, there is no full text online. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2018 Dec 11. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izy371. [Epub ahead of print] Acupuncture in Inflammatory…
Read MoreAcupuncture and Hypertension: Cochrane Review
In this review, they conclude that given the current studies, there were none of sufficient scope and power to show clinical benefit of verum (real) acupuncture over sham. This is pretty much the state of the majority of acupuncture research. Since there is little money for it here in the U.S., we hope that there…
Read MoreAcupuncture modulates the abnormal brainstem activity in migraine without aura patients.
A sizable portion of my practice is devoted to migraine patients, finding best treatments and researching their physiological response. This paper looks at the role of abnormal brainstem activity in migraine patients without aura and how acupuncture affects it. As with most Chinese studies we can only partly draw conclusions since they treated 5 x…
Read MoreAutonomic Activity (HRV) and PMS: Sa.Sc edition
As per this previous post about altered autonomic activity in patients with PMS, this data is from a new patient who has extremely severe premenstrual syndrome. She has breast tenderness, irritability that can lead to depression so severe that she stays in bed. Her last period, after starting acupuncture, was quite dramatic with severe cramping…
Read MoreHRV and Acupuncture: Sino-Austrian Study Planned
What I love best about this paper is the title i.e “prevention of lifestyle disease.” Yes! That is a key aspect of acupuncture treatment, true prevention. This study is planned, not yet completed. They will be comparing Heart Rate Variability (measure of stress levels via autonomic balance) and Heart rate and symptomatology comparing different acupuncture…
Read MoreMelatonin and Migraine
I recommend Melatonin and Magnesium as safe options for migraine prevention. This article looks at one possible mechanism for melatonin’s effectiveness in menstrual migraine. The dosage of melatonin needs to be adjusted since too much (even above 3 mg in many people) can lead to paradoxical wakefulness or morning drowsiness. As much as 1/2 mg…
Read MoreIntraoperative Low-frequency Electroacupuncture under General Anesthesia Improves Postoperative Recovery in a Randomized Trial.
More like this please. This is a useful study because it does away with the problem of placebo, has quantified results. It also emphasizes the hard to prove, but real preventative effect of acupuncture on the stress response. Shown in animals here. It also combines my previous profession (Anesthesiology) and my current one. Nicely done!…
Read MoreMigraine and Acupuncture and HRV: Jo.Ru edition
I’ve been treating a young, male patient with intractable migraines. He has had them for years, and stopped taking medications years ago because though they might work in the short run, they weren’t fixing the problem. He does his best to avoid triggers, but they are a constant in his life. This patient is…
Read MoreAcupuncture, Allergy and Stress Data Clinical Case Study Da.Ba.
The “Case of the Day” is a patient I’ve been treating for years to keep his allergies away. It has worked well and he continues to come in monthly for a “booster.” I use a protocol that I found which shows that this protocol (electroacupuncture at LI 11 and LI4 100Hz) improved salivary Iga and…
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