Case Study: Stress and Cosmetic Ch.Ma edition
These graphs are from a patient I’ve been seeing since the summer for cosmetic acupuncture and stress reduction. She enjoys her treatments and looks forward to the relaxation they provide. Notice how even though there are some “bumps” in her data during treatment, over time we see a consistent and convincing decrease in her stress…
Read MoreElectroacupuncture Improves HPAA axis in animals
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26573696 Neuromodulation. 2016 Jul;19(5):498-506. doi: 10.1111/ner.12366. Epub 2015 Nov 16. Arginine Vasopressin and Arginine Vasopressin Receptor 1b Involved in Electroacupuncture-Attenuated Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Hyperactivity in Hepatectomy Rats. Zhu J1, Chen Z1, Zhu L1, Meng Z1, Wu G1, Tian Z1. Author information Abstract OBJECTIVE: The study aims to know the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) in maintenance of…
Read MoreClinical Cases: TVNS only Ma.Mi, Te. Ca
These data sets are in two patients who showed some improvement in their autonomic balance with estim, or Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation (TVNS) as shown by HRV. I wanted to see what their data would look like without the needling, just estim. In both cases, they showed improved autonomic balance with lowered sympathetic activity and…
Read MoreChanges in HbA1c and circulating and adipose tissue androgen levels in overweight‐obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome in response to electroacupuncture
Lots of nitty gritty on physiological effects of acupuncture on tissues, neurotransmitters, and other systems. They gave lots of acupuncture, which, again, is a bit of a stumbling block for us practitioners, but you have to crawl before you can walk. They will be doing a full controlled study now that they had this positive…
Read MorefMRI and Effective Migraine Acupuncture Treatment
In this study, they gave intensive treatment. Daily acupuncture for 5 days, 2 days off for 4 weeks. I was surprised that their results were not better. They also used three different treatment protocols, two relied heavily on gall bladder points, one with St 37 and Pianli. In sum, quite different protocols than what I…
Read MoreTranscutaneous Electrical Stim at 36St and Telomere length
This is an older study, but Omura’s work comes up over and over again in searches for telomere length and acupuncture. Submitted out of interest. There will be a study coming up to corroborate or dispute these findings. They have used press needles in the past, which interests me greatly. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21319603 Acupunct Electrother Res. 2010;35(3-4):147-85….
Read MoreTVNS and Depression
This study looks at tVNS and depression. I’ve been studying Transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation in the clinic. It involves a small ear electrode in addition to traditional acupuncture treatment. In my latest paper submission-journal-of-medical-acupuncture-one-manuscript-for-blog, I show some of the data from these patients. Some feel that it enhances the acupuncture treatment and have opted…
Read MoreNerve Growth Factor and Inflammation
I’m trying to get up to speed on Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) and its effect on inflammation. Manni et all, have shown that NGF may play a major role in electroacupuncture effects. Back ground abstract here.
Read MoreElectro Acupuncture Improves Gastric Motility Through Vagal Activity
One more strategy to implement and study in the quest for vagal enhancement! Discussion of a similar strategy here using abdominal points Liv13, Liv14 and abdominal GB points. World J Gastroenterol. 2015 Dec 28;21(48):13480-9. Neural mechanism of gastric motility regulation by electroacupuncture at RN12 and BL21: A paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus-dorsal vagal complex-vagus nerve-gastric channel…
Read MoreElectro-Acupuncture 36St for Allergy and Inflammation
I was just wondering today if I, perhaps, make things more complicated and use more points than I need to. In this animal study, they showed significant effect on allergic and inflammatory markers using electroacupuncture on 36St only. That would certainly make my job easier with all of the allergy patients I see… Inflammation….
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