Acupuncture, HRV, and Multiple Sclerosis

Acupuncture, HRV, and Multiple Sclerosis

 

statue of Kuan Yin
Kuan Yin
Goddess of Compassion
“She who hears the cries of the world”

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 unchanged.  I have treated her for years, but this year her treatments have been much more consistent.  Each group of columns is a treatment, each column is 3 minutes worth of data.  The black arrow shows the last treatment where she had ear stim to increase parasympathetic activity.  You can see, though the results are jagged,  a relative decrease over time.

 

Chart of HRV data
Autonomic Balance LF/HF Lower values healthier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parasympathetic Activity=Rest and Digest, Higher Values Healthier
Parasympathetic Activity=Rest and Digest, Higher Values Healthier

This data is  her parasympathetic activity. You can see the increase with ear stim in her case.