Tag: auricular therapy

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Auricular Acupressure for Sleep in Menopausal Women and HRV

I submitted a paper years ago with Dr. Golianu concerning acupuncture and HRV for insomnia. Apparently, they actually compared responders to nonresponders. As seen in other studies, nonresponders clinically usually do not show autonomic changes. Kung YY, Yang CC, Chiu JH, Kuo TB. The relationship of subjective sleep quality and cardiac autonomic nervous system in…

Scooped! Ear Stimulation and HRV

Turns out someone has done part of my study! Granted, they didn’t incorporate acupuncture and they used a slightly different part of the ear, AND 30hz instead of 2 hz. They showed an increase in HRV in their subjects, which I have not consistently shown in the clinic. Noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation in healthy…