Tag: acupuncture and migraine
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 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 MoreMigraine and Sensory Hypersensitivity
References for the sensory hypersensitivity and physiology thereof in migraineurs. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2014 Nov;18(11):458. doi: 10.1007/s11916-014-0458-8. Migraine is associated with altered processing of sensory stimuli. Harriott AM1, Schwedt TJ. Author information Abstract Migraine is associated with derangements in perception of multiple sensory modalities including vision, hearing, smell, and somatosensation. Compared to people without…
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 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.
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 MoreMigraine and Acupuncture and HRV: Jo.Ru edition
I’ve been treating a young, male patient with intractable migraines. He has had them for years, and stopped taking medications years ago because though they might work in the short run, they weren’t fixing the problem. He does his best to avoid triggers, but they are a constant in his life. This patient is…
Read MoreAcupuncture and Migraine: Yelp review E.Ma edition
I just got another nice Yelp review from a patient I’ve been treating successfully for migraine. Of course, after linking to her lovely (5star) review, I will show her most pertinent data! (By the way the E.Ma in the title is a code I put in so I know who the blog post is…
Read MoreConsiderations in HRV monitoring, time of day, illness
Looking at recent “ugly” data (data that doesn’t verify my various hypotheses), I realized it would illustrate a point. That is that there are lots of factors in measuring HRV. That is why you need to collect fairly large amounts of data to recognize trends. Lots of thing influence it. Whether the person worked out before hand,…
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