Case Studies

TAVNS and Acupuncture in the Clinic: J.L. and C.H. edition

Stories from the Clinic After I used TAVNS on these patients in the same day, I realized they had some things in common. Both very...

HRV in the Clinic: R.Tr edition

Tales from the Clinic This is data from a new patient’s first visit.  She has a hypersensitive vagal response, so can feel ill/nauseated and dizzy...

HRV Stress Levels in Acupuncture Clinic: Na.Am edition

Stories with Data from the Clinic This is an almost picture perfect example of an overall decrease in stress levels with acupuncture.  This, of course,...

Heart Rate Variability with Acupuncture: Ma.Co. revisit

Ancient Medicine Made Modern: Clinical Stories This is the subsequent visits from this patient.  He’s feeling better, with less anxiety. As we mentioned before, because...

HRV and Acupuncture Treatment: Pa.Co. edition

I’ve been testing my HRV protocol for years now looking at TAVNS, or transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation, since it made sense to me that...

Heart Rate Variability as a Measure of Response to Acupuncture Treatment

You may need to bear with me here.  This data is from a new patient who came in for the first time last week.  He...

Clinical Case Intractable Migraine and HRV

Tales from the Clinic This data is from a young patient with intractable daily migraines for 1 1/2 years.  She has tried any and all...

Stress Reduction Over Time: Hypertension Te.Ca. edition

Stories with Data from the Clinic Here is another data set looking at long term stress reduction/improvement in HRV over time. from a patient who...

Improvement in HRV, Autonomic Balance Over Time? Vi.Le edition RMSSD

Ancient Medicine Made Modern: Clinical Stories This data is from a patient we’ve looked at before. One overriding goal of this HRV project (looking at...

TAVNS Transcutaneous Auricular Vagal Nerve Stimulation and HRV: Clinic data Ly.Ma edition

Tales from the Clinic My ongoing work to use HRV (heart rate variability) to document improved autonomic activity (stress levels) has as one of its...