Electroacupuncture at GB20 Relieves Migraine and Lowers CGRP in Animals
I was not aware that migraine sufferers had cutaneous allodynia. That may account for the exaggerated autonomic response to needling I’ve noticed in the clinic. Neural Regen Res. 2017 May;12(5):804-811. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.206652. Electroacupuncture at Fengchi (GB20) inhibits calcitonin gene-related peptide expression in the trigeminovascular system of a rat model of migraine. Zhao LP1,2, Liu L1,…
Read MoreAcupuncture and Inflammation: Anti-Sepsis Torres Rosas
I’m in Mexico City (!) for the ICMART conference and heard Torres-Rosas give a talk on how acupuncture at St36 can ameliorate markers of sepsis and decrease mortality in mice. Though I posted his paper before (see link), it was interesting to see him give the talk. As far as I can tell they are…
Read MoreCase Study: Allergies, Hives and Morning Appointments Jo.Wo.
I wanted to just to do quick blog post to illustrate a few things I track when I do Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Monitoring. Case: young woman with seasonal allergies, who then had some episodes of hives. In the data above, each column is 3 minutes of data. 1. On 3.29.17, her overall stress…
Read MoreAcupuncture at St36 for Immune Enhancement
PLoS One. 2017 Apr 13;12(4):e0175568. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175568. eCollection 2017. Enhancement of immune cytokines and splenic CD4+ T cells by electroacupuncture at ST36 acupoint of SD rats. Chen L1, Xu A1, Yin N2, Zhao M1, Wang Z3, Chen T2, Gao Y2, Chen Z2. Author information Abstract Electroacupuncture at the ST36 acupoint can enhance the body’s immune…
Read MoreClinical Case Studies: PMS and Harris Protocol Ja.Le.
I’ve written about Dr. Richard Harris’ protocol for chemotherapy fatigue. I have been experimenting a bit to see if what effect the protocol done with needles has on patients. This case study is of a patient who is in her late 40/50’s and approaching menopause and has incredible mood swings with PMS. Acupuncture helps her unlike…
Read MoreAcupuncture for Treatment and Prevention of Neurological Diseases: Modulation of Neurogenesis
I usually don’t post studies on the neurological research that is omnipresent in acupuncture literature because I think it’s too soon. But I listened to a podcast yesterday, where the relatively well known researcher was making claims and recommendations about diet and supplements. Acupuncture research is at the same level as the research on these…
Read MoreAcupuncture for Allergic Asthma: German Large Scale Study
In this large study, 3 months, 15 acupuncture sessions improved patients’ asthma compared to controls and the improvement lasted for at least 6 months. This is a trend we are seeing in Acupuncture studies, that the effect lasts way beyond the last treatment session. In my opinion, this shows the “sturdiness” or improved resilience of…
Read MorePoster Society for Acupuncture Research 2017. Resilience and Results
Here is a link to to my poster in pdf form. Nothing really new to blog readers, but wanted to post it for, uh, “poster-ity”? SAR Poster 2017 Resilience and Results
Read MoreAcupressure for Cancer Fatigue: Richard Harris
The SAR conference finished yesterday and there were some very provocative presentations. The work that I am most amazed at is the work of Richard Harris from University of Michigan. But there were other very impressive presentations also. I’ve posted about Richard Harris’ work on Acupressure for cancer fatigue. He fleshed out and presented the…
Read MoreElectroacupuncture Activation of Nucleus Tractus Solitarius
“Neuronal activation of the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) is one of the important targets of EA for modulating gastrointestinal function…” “By comparing the effects of different EA combinations, it was shown 2 Hz EA applied to ST 36 had the strongest excitatory effect on NTS neurons, while 100 Hz EA applied to ST 25 had…
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