Moxibustion for Hypertension Shows Results
This study found that moxibustion applied 3 times/week decreased diastolic blood pressure and to a lesser extent systolic blood pressure after four weeks of treatment. They found no change in patients’ HRV over time however. In my study Does Acupuncture Reduce Stress Proof and in a UCLA study , blood pressure decreased with acupuncture and…
Read MoreEvidence-based blood pressure reducing actions of electroacupuncture: mechanisms and clinical application.
This is a summary of the research done by the Longhurst group at UCIrvine. Their studies show that for patients with mild to moderate hypertension, weekly treatment with low frequency low intensity acupuncture will decrease systolic, and to lesser extent, diastolic blood pressure by at least 6mm Hg. Monthly treatment is needed to keep the…
Read MoreAcupuncture and Hypertension: Cochrane Review
In this review, they conclude that given the current studies, there were none of sufficient scope and power to show clinical benefit of verum (real) acupuncture over sham. This is pretty much the state of the majority of acupuncture research. Since there is little money for it here in the U.S., we hope that there…
Read MoreAcupuncture for Dermatology Conditions
Acupuncture looks promising in itch modulation, in treating atopic dermatitis and herpes zoster pain, and in promoting wound healing. Medical AcupunctureVol. 29, No. 5 Acupuncture and Cutaneous Medicine: Is It Effective? Mary van den Berg-Wolf , and Thomas Burgoon Published Online:1 Oct 2017https://doi.org/10.1089/acu.2017.1227 Abstract Background: In China, acupuncture has been used as a form of…
Read MoreAcupuncture for Psoriasis
This article looks at the data that is available for using alternative therapies for psoriasis. Acupuncture has been shown to be effective in many studies. Because psoriasis is thought to be an immune system problem being triggered by infections, stress, and cold, it makes sense to me that acupuncture would help ” One meta-analysis of…
Read MoreEnergy Pathways: Science behind Meridian and Acupuncture theory
I kind of thought I knew everything there was to know about the latest research on acupuncture. But this article has findings and interpretations I’d never heard of. Not sure if I buy all of it, but super thought provoking nonetheless. “We know acupuncture increases the body’s release of natural pain killers – endorphins and…
Read MoreStress Reduction Over Time: Hypertension Te.Ca. edition
Here is another data set looking at long term stress reduction/improvement in HRV over time. from a patient who has been treated for 2 years for hypertension and anxiety. Her blood pressure is controlled without medication and the anxiety very rarely occurs. I would love to be able to show this consistently. But, of course,…
Read MoreStress Reduction Over Time: Lu.Wi. Edition
This is another set of data from a healthy patient in his mid thirties who has issues with allergies, anxiety, insomnia. This is his data for the first year of treatment. Again we see an increase over time.
Read MoreImprovement in HRV, Autonomic Balance Over Time? Vi.Le edition RMSSD
This data is from a patient we’ve looked at before. One overriding goal of this HRV project (looking at stress levels and autonomic balance in conjunction with acupuncture) is to explore and document stress levels over time with consistent treatment. Of course correlation doesn’t mean causation, but it is something that is of tremendous interest…
Read MoreTAVNS Transcutaneous Auricular Vagal Nerve Stimulation and HRV: Clinic data Ly.Ma edition
My ongoing work to use HRV (heart rate variability) to document improved autonomic activity (stress levels) has as one of its foci the use of TAVNS and if there appears to be improved stress levels with its use. Even though there are studies showing that TAVNS activated autonomic centers in the brain, I have not…
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