I missed this relatively recent publication by Stener-Vitorin. Electroacupuncture stimulation for 40 minutes increases vagal activity, but also stimulated adipose metabolism via the sympathetic nervous system. The upshot was increased glucose uptake in patients with PCOS. FASEB J. 2017 Aug;31(8):3288-3297.
Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Acupuncture Stimulation via the Vagus Nerve Hee-Don Lim,1 Min-Hee Kim,1 Chan-Yong Lee,2 and Uk Namgung1,* Michal Hetman, Editor Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer This article has been cited by other articles in PMC.
This study is pretty old now! I came across it while researching for a writing project. It’s astonishing how much we actually do know about how acupuncture works for pain and inflammation reduction. Brain Res Bull. 2008 Mar 28;75(5):698-705. doi: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.11.015. Epub
Nice study showing that not only did the group receiving acupuncture do better on a quality of life scale post surgery, but that their stress markers and inflammatory markers were lower. It was a simple protocol, also. 30 min St36,
They cite the neuro-endocrine-immune system as playing a frequent role in acupuncture results. Coincidentally, that is the chapter I’m working on in a writing project I’m doing during sheltering. Chin J Integr Med. 2020 Apr;26(4):310-320. doi: 10.1007/s11655-019-3150-3. Epub 2019 Feb
Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2020; 2020: 9641904. Published online 2020 Feb 13. doi: 10.1155/2020/9641904 PMCID: PMC7044481 PMID: 32148660 Application of Acupuncture to Attenuate Immune Responses and Oxidative Stress in Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction: What Do We Know So Far? Yuen-Shan Ho, 1
Believe it or not, this might be relevant to the current covid crisis since patients are having a “cytokine storm”. Possibly electro acupuncture would help. It won’t happen, but maybe in the future. Dopamine Mediates the Vagal Modulation of The
This article is related to research and I might as well publish it here. It has to do with my interest in immunology and how acupuncture affects it. Cestodes may give some insight. ttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23058631 Int J Parasitol. 2013 Mar;43(3-4):233-43. doi:
2019 JTCM Liyuan-Mechanismofelectroacupunctureoninflammatorypain neural immune endocrine interactions (2) J Tradit Chin Med 39 (5), 740-749 Oct 2019 Mechanism of Electroacupuncture on Inflammatory Pain: Neural-Immune-Endocrine Interactions Yuan Li 1 , Mingxiao Yang 2 , Fan Wu 1 , Ke Cheng 1 , Haiyong Chen, Xueyong Shen
Just as in this article that shows that “flow” is actually enhanced by increased sympathetic activity, anti-obesity effect is also improved by increased sympathetic activity. In my research, I seem to be disappointed when the treatment doesn’t lead to increased
