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Research Casting Doubt on Acupuncture
Through some web searching, I was able to find a copy of this paper that’s not behind a subscription firewall. These kinds of papers have been coming out for decades. It’s a safe bet as a journalist to criticize acupuncture, it’s a kiss up kick down, comforting the comfortable gambit. There are no heavy hitters…
Read MoreSympathetic Tone and Electrical Stim at LI11
In this post, I cited the article that looked at electro at LI11. In this study it decreases sympathetic activity. I am usually looking at parasympathetic activity, but decreasing sympathetic (fright/flight) is of huge interest also. This point is also interesting because it’s an alternative point for treating high blood pressure in Longhurst’s protocol. What…
Read MoreHRV: incremental improvement versus quantum shift
This post is speculative, but tries to address the conundrum that in profound clinical responders, you don’t always see an improvement in their HRV over time. The patients whose data is presented here were all profound clinical responders with symptoms that were reduced within a few visits. I’m wondering if these HRV spikes early…
Read MoreHypertension, HRV and Acupuncture: Case Study (Ch.Ri)
This data is from a young woman with essential hypertension, seeking nonpharmacological solutions for her blood pressure. I’ve seen her for years, but am only including the last 6 months worth of data for simplicity. Any condition that has a stress component, like hypertension, would benefit from acupuncture, but also from vagal enhancement. To that…
Read MoreAcupuncture, HRV and Neuropathy: Example #2 (Ri.Ar.)
This data is from a patient in his 70’s who has had bilateral neuropathy in his legs and feet for 12 years. A patient of mine gave him my name and he came to see me as a last resort. He had significant improvement in 4 visits. This kind of result CAN happen, though…
Read MoreMetabolic Syndrome , HRV and Chinese Medicine Diagnosis
This might have potential as a way to best identify and stratify patients. I’m trying to do this a bit with my HRV analysis and how individuals respond. But this study is trying to drill down on the differences in the tongue characterisists between metabolic syndrome patients and just overweight. There was no difference…
Read MoreGI problems and Anxiety: Case Study Acupuncture and HRV (An.Mo)
This is another clinical study to illustrate the current progress on my protocol. This is a young woman who has had exceptional clinical results with resolution of her GI issues (IBS type symptoms) and dramatic reduction in her anxiety. Unlike the patient in the previous post, she does not have an active, speedy personality….
Read MoreIndwelling Needles for Dyspnea in End Stage Lung CA patients
Abstract from the paper by Jacqueline Filshie using indwelling sternal needles showing that acupuncture was effective in relieving the dyspnea of end stage Lung cancer and was opiate sparing. She presented her results at the SAR meeting in Boston 2015.
Read MoreAcupuncture Reduces Dust Mite Associated IgE
The author of this paper presented a poster at the SAR conference in Boston last November. Acupuncture basically “cured” my allergies, so I’ve continued to have a keen interest in acupuncture and allergy and immune response in general. This study compares real acupuncture, with sham acupuncture, and a control group. Only the verum acupuncture showed…
Read MoreAcupuncture and Insomnia
A very nice review of the hazards of insomnia and the research behind acupuncture’s effectiveness to treat it.Insomnia and Acupuncture ” the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, five kinds of spirits inhabit the five zang-organs (heart, liver, lung, spleen and kidney). Each kind of spirit has a corresponding physiological function. The five zang-organs are unable…
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