Friend of blog, Zach Haigney and I have discussed hormesis before on the blog, but not recently. The concept of hormesis quoting Zach is “The idea is that low level stressors have a beneficial or stimulatory effect while the higher levels or doses of the same stressor have detrimental effects.” Both Zach and I share the belief that acupuncture is a form of hormesis in that it triggers healing in the body by inflicting a small injury. Of course there are other aspects to acupuncture, such as nerve stimulation etc… but that triggering by needling is what causes the autonomic effects . The body needs to be in a rest and digest state to actually heal.
Zach interviewed me for his podcast a few years ago, but I don’t think he ever took the podcast live.
