Microneedling, It’s all the Rage
I’ve been touting microneedling for years. The one featured in this article costs $200. The one I use costs $20. “On March 31, 2016, Jamie O’Banion, a former Miss Teen Texas with dewy, perfect skin, was barely 12 minutes into her debut on the Home Shopping Network’s beauty hour when a buzzer sounded and the…
Read MoreIrritable Bowel, Fatigue Clinical Case with HRV:Ma.Bo
This patient is a young woman who we have discussed before, here . I wanted to share her most recent data and illustrate a few points. I like to look at stress levels with HRV, but HRV can be analyzed in a few different ways. What I have found, is that overall variability as measured by…
Read MorePublished. Article on Movement Disorders and Vagal Tone
Here is a link to the article coming out in February. Unfortunately, it’s behind a paywall. It will appear in Alternative and Complementary Therapies. The article looks at stress response and vagal tone in two patients with movement disorders. One patient has cervical dystonia, and the other has intentions tremor. Acupuncture and Vagal Tone: Cervical…
Read MoreThe correlation between pulse diagnosis and constitution identification in traditional Chinese medicine.
I don’t understand the terms used here (AI), and don’t see the HRV data in the abstract, but I applaud the concept and effort. I would love to do a study like this. These are the correlations I’m trying to make with my HRV studies, with very mixed results. Complement Ther Med. 2017 Feb;30:107-112. The…
Read MoreElectroacupuncture for Constipation: Animal Study
I see the problem of constipation quite a bit in the clinic, so I’m glad to have this reference. Stim was at 2 to 15 hz. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2016 Oct 18;16(1):392. Electroacupuncture at acupoint ST 37(Shangjuxu) improves function of the enteric nervous system in a novel mouse constipation model. Liang C1, Wang…
Read MoreElectroacupuncture at Ipsilateral or Contralateral ST36-ST37 Acupoints on Inflammatory Pain.
Patients often wonder why I treat both sides (Right and Left) in musculoskeletal conditions. This has long been a trick in Chinese Medicine, particularly if the inflamed joint is very sensitive, or in a cast and it often works great. The study below shows, perhaps, why. It’s overall reduction in inflammatory activity. Sci Rep. 2016…
Read MoreClinical Case: Cosmetic Acupuncture, Migraine and HRV Mi.Do.
This is another case looking at stress reduction with cosmetic acupuncture, similar to this one. This patient also had migraines and lesser headaches which have also improved significantly. We can see the over stress levels, LF/HF tending to decrease. But parasympathetic (rest and digest autonomic activity) increase, and sympathetic activity (fright or flight) decrease over…
Read MoreClinical Case: Migraine and HRV El.Ma. Exception Makes the Rule?
This has been a gratifying case from the standpoint of clinical results. Quick decisive elimination of her migraines. She did have a migraine related to the flu within the last two weeks, but that was a rare exception. Her pharmacy called her withing a few months of her starting acupuncture to ask why she hadn’t…
Read MoreIntraoperative Low-frequency Electroacupuncture under General Anesthesia Improves Postoperative Recovery in a Randomized Trial.
More like this please. This is a useful study because it does away with the problem of placebo, has quantified results. It also emphasizes the hard to prove, but real preventative effect of acupuncture on the stress response. Shown in animals here. It also combines my previous profession (Anesthesiology) and my current one. Nicely done!…
Read MoreClinical Case: Migraine and HRV Sa.Be
This is data from this patient, who we discussed a few months ago. She has continued to migraine free. She occasionally has a headache, but they’re mild and not disabling. It’s interesting to me that her LFnorm, or sympathetic activity has had such a pronounced decrease over time.
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