HRV Stress Levels in Acupuncture Clinic: Na.Am edition
This is an almost picture perfect example of an overall decrease in stress levels with acupuncture. This, of course, does not always happen. But this data illustrates a few aspects evaluating the data that I’ve been interested in. Her overall HRV RMSSD and Pnn50 are midrange from 25-40, and .07 to .25 respectively. With this…
Read MoreHeart Rate Variability with Acupuncture: Ma.Co. revisit
This is the subsequent visits from this patient. He’s feeling better, with less anxiety. As we mentioned before, because of his relative high RMSSD and Pnn50, the DFAα1 can be more representative of the autonomic response. So you can see the spikes in stress levels after treatment. But if you look over time with the…
Read MoreHRV 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 I should be able to see more vagal enhancement, increase in HRV, and decreased sympathetic activity. It is anything but consistent. I wanted the protocol to show effect so that…
Read MoreHeart 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 has had severe anxiety compounded by the fact that he has a chaotic sleep schedule. His date illustrates some of the subtleties and complexities of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) analysis. …
Read MoreComplementary and Integrative Medicine for Episodic Migraine: an Update of Evidence from the Last 3 Years.
In this review of the literature, acupuncture was found to be helpful and superior to sham acupuncture or controls. This information is particularly welcome –> “melatonin, vitamin D, higher dosages of vitamin B6 (80 mg)/folic acid 5 mg combinations, and the combination of magnesium 112.5 mg/CoQ10 100 mg/feverfew 100 mg” Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2019 Feb 21;23(2):10. doi: 10.1007/s11916-019-0750-8. Complementary…
Read MoreAllergic Rhinitis: Acupuncture in addition to Immune therapy Improves Results
Allergies and allergic rhinitis is a large part of my practice. It worked for me! Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Jan;98(1):e13945. Acupuncture as an add-on therapy to sublingual allergen-specific immunotherapy for patients with allergic rhinitis. Li JH1, Yang LH1, Chen Y2, Fan ZX1. Author information 1 Department of Otolaryngology. 2 Department of Intensive Care Unit, First Affiliated…
Read MoreAcupuncture for gender differences and similarities in cerebral activity of health volunteers: A pilot fMRI study.
I have to admit, this is something I never really thought about, that there might be a gender difference in how acupuncture needling is processed. Since the acupuncture community faces tremendous challenges in their research being seen as legitimate because of the high bar of showing effect over sham needling, this may be yet one…
Read MoreManual acupuncture relieves bile acid-induced itch in mice: the role of microglia and TNF-α.
I’ve linked to this abstract because it uses a formula I use for allergic rhinitis, LI 11 and LI4 with 100Hz electroacupuncture. I referenced the formula here. Interestingly, 36St does not have an effect. Int J Med Sci. 2018 Jun 13;15(9):953-960. doi: 10.7150/ijms.24146. eCollection 2018. Manual acupuncture relieves bile acid-induced itch in mice: the role…
Read MoreBenefits of Acupuncture for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
This abstract discusses some of the positive effects of acupuncture which help to mitigate the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease. Of course, of most interest to me is the effect on vagal activity. Unfortunately, there is no full text online. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2018 Dec 11. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izy371. [Epub ahead of print] Acupuncture in Inflammatory…
Read MoreClinical Case Intractable Migraine and HRV
This data is from a young patient with intractable daily migraines for 1 1/2 years. She has tried any and all treatments. Drugs from betablockers, to anti-Alzheimer, to anti-depressants, to tryptans. Chiropractic, acupuncture… Everything. She came in for consulation and treatment and in the end decided to continue with what she was doing rather than…
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