Increase Parasympathetic Activity for Pain Relief: from the Bottom Line
Increasing patients’ parasympathetic activity is what I do in the clinic every day!!! “Chronic pain patients tend to live in the sympathetic nervous system’s “fight...
Effect of Different Phases of Menstrual Cycle on Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
Kuan Yin Goddess of Compassion This may be pertinent to one of my current fertility patients. But actually, to many of my patients, so...
California Takes on Big Pharma with Prop 61
This post sums up the players and strategies behind both sides of Prop 61 Drug companies and their wealth have captured the national legislative and...
Study of PMS and Autonomic Activity (HRV)
Ancient Medicine Made Modern I have had a number of patients I’ve treated with acupuncture for severe PMS. As it turns out, there IS...
Relationship between vagal tone, cortisol, TNF-alpha, epinephrine and negative affects in Crohn’s disease and irritable bowel syndrome.
PLoS One. 2014 Sep 10;9(9):e105328. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105328. eCollection 2014. Relationship between vagal tone, cortisol, TNF-alpha, epinephrine and negative affects in Crohn’s disease and irritable bowel...
Key role of CRF in the skin stress response system.
Ancient Medicine Made Modern Citing this study because of the link between the micro trauma induced by acupuncture needles and the HPAA (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis),...
Sensing the environment: Regulation of local and global homeostasis by the skin neuroendocrine system
This is an exhaustive treatment of the subject of the skin’s neuroendocrine role. I’ve only skimmed it, but I’ve already learned a number of interesting...
The application of yin-yang concept on heart rate variability patterns in menopausal women with insomnia.
Ancient Wisdom Through the Ages So excited to see this paper!!! tbjkuo_0621-hrv-and-yin-yang-insomnia This is exactly the kind of thing I’m interested in trying to figure...