Medical Research

Acupuncture modulates the abnormal brainstem activity in migraine without aura patients.

Ancient Medicine Made Modern: Your Path to Resiliency and Long Life A sizable portion of my practice is devoted to migraine patients, finding best treatments...

Laser Ear Acupuncture and HRV

Ancient Medicine Made Modern: Scientific Solutions for Remarkable Results It’s not surprising that there are gender differences in response to ear laser acupuncture, but I...

Acupuncture Effect on Startle and HRV in Beagles

Ancient Medicine Made Modern: Scientific Solutions for Remarkable Results This article is similar to the article on horses which also showed a blunting of the...

Acupuncture and Allergy, Facial Rash: Clinical Case Study HRV, No.Ge. edition

Stories from the Clinic As in the previous post, this patient has had good clinical results.  Thought the rash is still present, it is better...

Acupuncture analgesia involves modulation of pain-induced gamma oscillations and cortical network connectivity.

Kuan Yin who hears the cries of the world A study out of Germany looking at vagal HRV (High Frequency) and brain connectivity.  I like...

Acupuncture Mechanisms for Asthma

Ancient Medicine Made Modern This animal study demonstrates some of the mechanisms behind acupuncture’s effectiveness for asthma including airway inflammation and the hypothalamic-adrenal-pituitary axis.  These...

Intermittent Electrical Auricular Acupuncture Stimulation and HRV for Hot Flashes in Post surgical Prostate Patients

Ancient Medicine Made Modern: Scientific Solutions for Remarkable Results This group is experimenting with an approach that I have been using, ie electrical stimulation of...

Chinese Medicine Questionaire for Stress

Ancient Medicine Made Modern This Australian group studied the most likely Chinese Medicine diagnoses associated with the basket term “stress.”  This could be very useful...

TaVNS and Acupuncture Allergies: Clinical Case Study De.Bo edition

  Stories from the Clinic with Data This data is from a patient who we’ve discussed before here and here.  She feels a relaxation response...

TaVNS and Brain Activity

Ancient Medicine Made Modern: Scientific Solutions for Remarkable Results This is a copy of the paper from this same author describing in detail the electrode...