Acupuncture May Help to Prevent Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
Keep in mind, any therapy that can allow an increase in the amount of chemotherapy given can be crucial in providing for increased dosages of...
Electroacupuncture encourages homeostasis in Irritable bowel syndrome and ulcerative colitis
In my book, Radical Resilience, I make the case that one of the many ways acupuncture “works” is that it nudges the system to fix...
Effects of TAVNS on cognitive and autonomic correlates of perseverative cognition.
This study out of Belgium compares verum versus sham TAVNS in patients with perseverative cognition. In these patients they can have psychophysiological stress with no...
The Dosage Effect of Laser Acupuncture at PC6 (Neiguan) on Heart Rate Variability: A Pilot Study
This is a very important study in that it corroborates the groundbreaking study from Nature that established that the intensity/frequency of stimulation can be important...
Acupuncture for insomnia :Baihui (GV20), Neiguan (PC6), Shenmen (HT7) and Taichong (LR3) on cerebral cortical blood oxygen level in rats with insomnia
I like this study because it lays out a simple acupuncture point protocol for treating insomnia. It is recommended for subjects who exhibit a particular...
TAVNS and HRV in Heart Failure Patients
Study using TAVNS (transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation) in patients with heart failure showed improved autonomic balance and lifestyle measures with TAVNS after 20 sessions, 30...
TAVNS for Mild Cognitive Impairment Double Blind Study
A double blind randomized trial of transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation for mild cognitive impairment. Scroll down for a brief video explaining the importance of...
Acupuncture for Migraine versus erenumab: 2020 study
Manual acupuncture for migraine This is from the British Medical Acupuncture Society Blog. It is from 2020 but very pertinent today! I love the tone of...