Case Studies

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This is a website with a compendium of patient assessment forms, manuals and resources.  Most are paid, but there are some free ones too.

Startle, Autonomics and Stress Levels

  Kuan LinGoddess of Compassion“She who hears the cries of the world” My last post about horses has really gotten me to think about how...

Stress Reduction Stories Good and Bad by the Data

  Ancient Medicine Made Modern Though we don’t know the end of this tale yet, it illustrates what the stress monitoring data may be telling...

Cluster Headache Acupuncture Strategies

  Ancient Medicine Made Modern Kinda great that this made it into the British Medical Journal.  This article shows the merit of understanding the physiology...

Cluster Headaches: Acupuncture Case History

  Kuan YinGoddess of Compassion“She who hears the cries of the world” This is the case study of a patient with cluster headaches.  When he...

High Blood Pressure Treatment and What Happens Next

Relieving high blood pressure without drugs can be key in many populations, i.e. elderly people who can’t tolerate medications, men whose sex lives suffer with medications,...

Case Study: Sinusitis, Acupuncture and Stress

Stress monitoring can be useful in the acupuncture clinic since decreasing a patient’s stress levels can lead to better mood, immunity, pain levels, sleep and...

Autonomic Function, HRV, in Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis

 This article looks at autonomic balance before and after a series of 12 acupuncture sessions.  (Update: full article text here.)What they say is that the...

Acupuncture for Acne: Clinical Case Study with HRV

  Kuan LinGoddess of Compassion“She who hears the cries of the world” This turned out to be a pretty good illustration of some of the...

Acupuncture for Headache and Anxiety

  Kuan LinGoddess of Compassion“She who hears the cries of the world” This is another clinical case, looking at the same research questions as this...