Medical Research

Implanted Electrodes on St 36 improve gastic mobility and HRV

Should have tried Acupuncture and Herbs! Acupuncture improves gastric motility and HRV in an animal model of chemically induces gastroparesis This study looked at an...

Review of Laser Acupuncture: Full free Text

Nice review of physiology and research underlying laser acupuncture.  I’ve kept away from it since I worry about potential dangers.  I still don’t feel comfortable...

Acupuncture’s Effects on Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular System: A Review

Ancient Medicine Made Modern This is the abstract from a chapter in a book that I bought online.  I would love to link to the...

GV20 Acupuncture Point Can Be Used for Infertility and Conception

This study postulates the G 20, an acupuncture point on the top of the head, activates the HPA,  hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, and causes improved mood and...

Effect Of Moxibustion on HRV depends on Temperature

Ancient Medicine Made Modern: Scientific Solutions for Remarkable Results This article shows that after a threshold temperature on the forearm, there is more complexity in...

Neuromodulation, Electric Cures and Acupuncture Are All Methods of Alleviating the Toxic Inflammatory Reflex Involved in to Aging

I searched for this “electric cures” issue of Scientific American for a presentation I’m giving. ( I blogged about it when it came out.) I...

Heart Rate Variability as Stress Biomarker: Can Machine learning improve Signal to Noise?

I’m posting slides from my upcoming presentation for UC Davis Machine Learning meeting as a way to get myself organized. The hope with this presentation...

Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation of PC5 and PC6 Acupoints Modulates Autonomic Balance in Heart Transplant Patients: A Pilot Study.

This represents another study using transcutaneous electrical stimulation instead of needle stimulation.  I had a hard time interpreting their results presented, but they claim that...

Transcutaneous Electrical Acustimulation Combined with Deep Breathing Relieves GERD via the Autonomic Nervous System: HRV study

This study looks at using a home TENS type system for 30 minutes twice a day for 30 days.  Their GERD improves in many different...

Acupuncture promotes brain health by encouraging neuronal growth, cell rejuvenation, anti-inflammatory action and anti-oxidant activity.

In this article, the authors look at all of the different pathways that are triggered by acupuncture.  Most likely some of these have been isolated...