Anxiety, HRV, Acupuncture and TAVNS: Stories from the Clinic
This case study illustrates some of the patterns I’ve discovered when looking at HRV with Acupuncture and TaVNS. I realize that some of this is nuanced and, perhaps, not that interesting to the general reader, but I do think it’s important to the overall project. This is a middle age patient with an autoimmune disorder,…
Read MoreAcupuncture Effect on Startle and HRV in Beagles
This article is similar to the article on horses which also showed a blunting of the autonomic response to startle. There was also this article that looked at startle in young men showing that TAVNS improved their response to startle. Physiol Behav. 2018 Jan 9;186:37-44. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.01.006. [Epub ahead of print] Effects of acupuncture on…
Read MoreAcupuncture, Stress Levels and Chronic Intractable Migraine: Af.Es. editioin
This data is from a relatively new patient who has severe, chronic migraine. He is on multiple medications. He takes daily medications, anti-anxiety medications, and tryptans for attacks. The first priority is to try to stabilize his system with acupuncture and avoiding tryptans whenever possible. He is unable to work, so the disability he is…
Read MoreAcupuncture, Stress Levels (HRV), and Vestibular Migraine: El.Di. edition
This is another story from the clinic with data. This is patient who has dizziness with headache, high blood pressure, and anxiety. All of these conditions seem linked. He carries a diagnosis of Vestibular Migraine, but it’s hard to know if his is an actual migraine type condition or something else. Migraine patients have certain…
Read MoreAcupuncture and Allergy, Facial Rash: Clinical Case Study HRV, No.Ge. edition
As in the previous post, this patient has had good clinical results. Thought the rash is still present, it is better and less of an issue. It is a facial rash of unknown origin, with patchy red blotches on the neck, around the eyes and mouth. She seems to have responded to electroacupuncture, a published…
Read MoreAcupuncture for Anxiety, Clinical Case with HRV data Ta.Ta. edition 2
We have seen data from this patient before, but she continues to improve clinically and her data reflects that. I am including four different data sets here. Her HRV (heart rate variability) is good overall. She is young, healthy and active. So when you have overall good variability, the nonlinear data can be especially revealing. …
Read MoreTaVNS and HRV: Clinical Studies El.Ma. Edition
One more chapter in the TAVNS story. We have discussed this patient before, here and here. This is a young woman, migraineur, who has had dramatic and almost complete remission of her migraines. She has had one or two “break through” headaches during her menstrual cycles, but for the most part is headache free and…
Read MoreTaVNS and HRV: Case Study Pa.Co. edition
As another chapter in the story of TAVNS (Transcutaneous Auricular Vagal Nerve Stimulation) in the clinic, this patient seems to have the opposite effect from the previous patient. Obviously, there is a lot of “noise” in the system, but he seems to have lower stress levels during treatment when TaVNS is added. I have yet…
Read MoreTaVNS and HRV monitoring: Case Study Ra.Bo. edition
This is an example of how I try use the heart rate variability analysis data to help determine best treatment options. This patient has anxiety and high blood pressure. I wanted to see if the Ear stimulation device (TAVNS) that I use would help lower her stress levels. So if you look below each group…
Read MoreElectroacupuncture Helps Alcohol Withdrawal in Mice
This article contains a few things I did not know. The most basic one is that EtOh withdrawal leads to hypersensitivity to pain. This suggests all sorts of different strategies to alleviate alcohol withdrawal symptoms. In this study, they induced alcohol dependence and compared pain tolerance in Etoh withdrawal mice to Etoh naive mice and…
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