Tag: Acupuncture
Migraine Treatment Success: HRV data over time (Ne.Be)
This data has been collected since the first treatment. He had severe migraines, 3/week and was in the last year of an extremely high pressure, public project. Insomnia was another issue and it affected the migraines, with poor sleep often triggering a migraine. Points I want to emphasize for you. Patient had clinical results relatively…
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 MoreAcupuncture, HRV and High Blood Pressure (Jo.Ma)
As part of my ongoing research on stress response and acupuncture treatment, today’s post features data from a patient seeking treatment for hypertension, and also knee stiffness after bilateral knee replacements. I’m featuring his Heart Rate Variability (HRV) data ( a measure of his stress response) complexity data combined with the parasympathetic activity because it…
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 MoreEffect of 100 Hz electroacupuncture on salivary immunoglobulin A and the autonomic nervous system
Effect of 100 Hz electroacupuncture on salivary immunoglobulin A and the autonomic nervous system Waki Hideaki,1 Hisajima Tatsuya,2,3 Miyazaki Shogo,2,3 Yoshida Naruto,2,3 Tamai Hideaki,2,3 Minakawa Yoichi,2,3 Okuma Yoshihiro,2,3 Uebaba Kazuo,2,3 and Takahashi Hidenori2,3 Abstract Background A previous study has reported that low-frequency (LF) electroacupuncture (EA) influences salivary secretory immunoglobulin A (sIgA) and the autonomic nervous system…
Read MoreResearch Casting Doubt on Acupuncture
Through some web searching, I was able to find a copy of this paper that’s not behind a subscription firewall. These kinds of papers have been coming out for decades. It’s a safe bet as a journalist to criticize acupuncture, it’s a kiss up kick down, comforting the comfortable gambit. There are no heavy hitters…
Read MoreHypertension, HRV and Acupuncture: Case Study (Ch.Ri)
This data is from a young woman with essential hypertension, seeking nonpharmacological solutions for her blood pressure. I’ve seen her for years, but am only including the last 6 months worth of data for simplicity. Any condition that has a stress component, like hypertension, would benefit from acupuncture, but also from vagal enhancement. To that…
Read MoreAcupuncture, HRV and Neuropathy: Example #2 (Ri.Ar.)
This data is from a patient in his 70’s who has had bilateral neuropathy in his legs and feet for 12 years. A patient of mine gave him my name and he came to see me as a last resort. He had significant improvement in 4 visits. This kind of result CAN happen, though…
Read MoreAcupuncture, HRV, and Multiple Sclerosis
2016 data from this patient who comes regularly for prevention/optimization acupuncture. She carries a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. She is best served by keeping her immune system optimized and her preference is to do this with acupuncture. This, of course, is a hard thing to prove, but her symptoms are infrequent and her MRI’s…
Read MoreMetabolic Syndrome , HRV and Chinese Medicine Diagnosis
This might have potential as a way to best identify and stratify patients. I’m trying to do this a bit with my HRV analysis and how individuals respond. But this study is trying to drill down on the differences in the tongue characterisists between metabolic syndrome patients and just overweight. There was no difference…
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