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Acupuncture and Autoimmune (Ch.Va): HRV
This “case of the day” highlights a few aspects of stress monitoring as a guide in Acupuncture. Review: HRV is a measure of autonomic balance /stress levels) Each group of columns represents one clinic visit, each column 3 minutes of data. I look at each visit for response and also over time (weeks to…
Read MoreConsiderations in HRV monitoring, time of day, illness
Looking at recent “ugly” data (data that doesn’t verify my various hypotheses), I realized it would illustrate a point. That is that there are lots of factors in measuring HRV. That is why you need to collect fairly large amounts of data to recognize trends. Lots of thing influence it. Whether the person worked out before hand,…
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,…
Read MoreAcupuncture for Fertility and HRV (Br.Vi)
This data is from a patient I successfully treated for fertility a few years ago. She is now back for “round two.” I will probably keep this data on draft until we know what happens vis a vis pregnancy. Given that many of the acupuncture protocols are aimed at improving uterine blood flow, and vagal…
Read MoreHRV, Stress and Multiple Sclerosis
We have discussed this patient who has multiple sclerosis before, but this is her updated data. Keep in mind this is a patient who is presently asymptomatic, and comes in for treatment to lower her stress in order to optimize her immune function. So this data is useful. It shows optimization, ie lower stress over time, so we…
Read MoreMigraine and Stress Levels, HRV, and Results(Sa.Be.)
More data from one of the migraine patients featured here. Remember decreasing stress levels as measured by HRV, improves pain, immune function, mood and longevity. In the case of migraine, it raises the threshold that will lead to migraine. In this case, she has now has had 5 visits, with no migraine in spite of…
Read MoreClinical Cases: Migraine and Stress Monitoring
Two recent migraine cases. Two young women, both dramatic clinical responders with headaches decreasing within a few sessions. I want to point out a few things in their data, or rather pose some questions. Look at the dramatic increase in stress levels with needling. I’ve seen this before, not always with migraine, but it does…
Read MoreHypothalamus and Amygdala Response to Acupuncture Stimuli in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
This article is almost 10 years old, but apparently I’ve never posted it on the blog. It’s pertinent to the autonomic piece of the puzzle that I’m trying to solve re:acupuncture results. Hypothalamus and Amygdala Response to Acupuncture Stimuli in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome V Napadow,1,2 N Kettner,2 J Liu,1 M Li,1 KK Kwong,1 M Vangel,1 N Makris,3 J Audette,4 and KKS Hui1 Abstract Brain…
Read MoreComparison of Electroacupuncture Frequency-related Effects on Heart Rate Variability in Healthy Volunteers: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Stashing this one here too. Need to digest all of this… Comparison of Electroacupuncture Frequency-related Effects on Heart Rate Variability in Healthy Volunteers: A Randomized Clinical Trial Abstract This study aimed to compare the effects of high frequency electroacupuncture (EA) and low-frequency EA on the autonomic nervous system by using a heart rate variability…
Read MoreFunctional Movement Disorder Submission to Complementary and Alternative Medicine Journal
This is my submission in reply to a call for papers to the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Journal concerning functional movement disorder. Acupuncture and Vagal Tone: Cervical Dystonia and Intention Tremor Patients with functional movement disorders have lower vagal tone than controls according to a recent study. Lower vagal tone is associated with…
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