Tag: Acupuncture and Stress
Irritable 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 MoreClinical Case: Allergies, GI and HRV De.Bo edition
I have been treating this patient for years. Her main issues have been allergies, fatigue, and gastrointestinal. She has found that the estim device has been quite helpful and she ended up buying a unit from me and I fashioned a custom made ear electrode for her. In this observational study, she seems to…
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 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.
Read MoreCase 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 MoreHigh Blood Pressure, Anxiety, Acupuncture and HRV: Te.Ca edition
This has been a satisfying case. Blood pressure and anxiety are well under control and her HRV data is interesting also. I’ve been treating her for a few months and we are exploring use of the customized ear stim device that I’ve been prototyping for home use to help decrease stress levels. In this…
Read MoreChronic Fatigue Syndrome: HRV, Moxibustion and Acupuncture
In this new study from Gerhard Litscher (friend of blog) hrv-moxa-and-chronic-fatigue-litscher, they compare a control group (healthy volunteers), acupuncture group, and moxibustion group. They then compare their chronic fatigue scores, their HRV scores before during and after acupuncture at the 4th and 10th visit. He was kind enough to send me the article in…
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