Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Pain Control After Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Is adding preoperative acupuncture to standard pharmacological therapy effective for pain control in patients after cesarean delivery?This study interests me for a couple of reasons. Post op pain is common. It is also very common to receive opiates after surgeries. Anything to decrease pain post op is to be investigated. Usichenko is a researcher I…
Read MoreHeart Rate and Autonomic Nervous System Activity Relationship During Acupuncture Associated with Postural Change and Effect on Menopausal Symptoms:
In addition to showing that just 4 weeks of acupuncture improved menopausal symptoms, these authors show that vagal activity is enhanced with acupuncture needling in real time. This study looks at the effect of postural change on HR and HRV in menopausal women receiving once per week acupuncture. They compare the verum acupuncture group with…
Read MoreSuccessfully treated recalcitrant atopic eczema with acupoint autologous blood injection
I love this study. I’ve wondered for awhile if a patient’s own blood would invoke a more robust and long-lasting immune response. In this case study, it certainly seemed to work! My teachers from Shanghai used to say if you get a bruise with treatment, “it will give lasting results.” I always thought that was…
Read MoreTAVNS improved brain connectivity on patients of disorders of consciousness
This study is related to this one, except that in this one the are monitoring brain activity. Yifei W, Yi Y, Yu W, Jinling Z, Weihang Z, Shaoyuan LI, Mozheng WU, Jianghong HE, Peijing R. Transcutaneous auricular vague nerve stimulation improved brain connection activity on patients of disorders of consciousness: a pilot study. J Tradit…
Read MoreInternational Neuromodulation Society Poster Submission, Abstract, References and Expanded Content
I am submitting my E poster for the International Neuromodulation Society today. It is an observational case study looking at the potential for using DFAα, a nonlinear HRV as a biomeasure to evaluate the addition of Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation (TAVNS) to standard acupuncture treatment. Acupuncture improves autonomic tone (increases vagal-parasympathetic activity and decreases sympathetic…
Read MoreAspirin Reduces by Nearly Half the Need For Mechanical Ventilation for COVID-19 Patients
This makes total sense since blood clotting is a huge problem in severe Covid 19 patients. There is a risk of internal bleeding, but the risk/benefit ratio is quite low. Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 and taking aspirin were nearly half as likely to require mechanical ventilation as those with COVID-19 not taking the drug,…
Read MoreDeep Resilience: Do No Harm
Belatedly posting to the blog my chapter in Deep Resilience called “Do No Harm”. Read and learn! First Do No Harm 8.29.2020 for sharing
Read MoreSubmission to INS International Neuromodulation Society Conference, Paris
ABstract INS 2020 I will post this here. With all the uncertainty about Covid 19, the conference may be canceled anyway. For references, please click on link above Improving autonomic balance by decreasing sympathetic activity and increasing parasympathetic activity is of intense interest in the research community. Improved autonomic balance reduces inflammation implicated in medical…
Read MoreUse of TAVNS in conjunction with Acupuncture for Anxiety: Ma.Co edition
I’ve been working on trying to get a single HRV measure of efficacy for transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation. Readers know that I look at many parameters since the “best use” procedures are far from established. Some advocate time measures such as RMSSD, others LF/HF a frequency measure that I’ve found to be a great…
Read MoreClinic Data and the Ongoing Research into Using HRV as a Biomarker of Successful Treatment
As careful readers of the blog know, I’ve been looking at HRV in conjunction with Acupuncture for a very long time. I’ve added TAVNS to the mix because it’s a treatment that can be used at home to help reinforce acupuncture treatment or even to be used on its own. Fortunately for me, there are…
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