HRV does seem to correlate with inflammation. Since inflammation is implicated in so many health conditions, using HRV as a noninvasive biomarker may be useful! Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2019 May 22:e13615. doi: 10.1111/nmo.13615. [Epub ahead of print] Autonomically mediated anti-inflammatory effects
In this study, auricular acupuncture decreased the induction dose required for general surgery. They also clearly delineate their theory that this likely due to the effect of vagal activity, which I monitor daily in the acupuncture clinic… Med Acupunct. 2019
This study looks at moxibustion, warm needle moxibustion in elderly rats to see effect on their gonads. It appears that there is an anti-aging effect in the testes which originates in the pituitary. Since the HPA (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal) axis is key
This is an article from 2013, so not new, but shows that auricular acupuncture improves HRV (stress levels) after hemicolectomy which is major surgery! No idea if this has ever been repeated, but interesting nonetheless. Increasingly patients are asking for
I’m trying, most likely in vain, to prepare a journal article on my HRV findings due May 14th. This paper has some fascinating data and is pertinent to my project. The full article is here.mechanism of acupuncture on postoperative ileus
This is data from a patient who I’ve treated in the past. She always has a profound sense of calm and relaxation from treatment. So the data shows a decrease in stress during treatment and some reduction over time. If
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] This is data from a new patient who presents with a few conditions, bladder irritability and anxiety among others. This is the data from her first four visits. As you
I’ve hypothesized for a long time that one of acupuncture’s real advantages is that it can actually prevent conditions before they arise by making the body more resilient. This study and the accompanying commentary, discuss just that. Their study looks
Of course I love this study since it validates my original finding that acupuncture responders have a pronounced, demonstrable stress reduction in contrast to acupuncture non-responders. Studies seldom differentiate between responders and non-responders, just looking for overall response in the
This is an article I would love to be able to read, but alas, can’t get it. The conclusions match mine on the topic. Where they say “interference factors”, I might say “confounding factors”. Where they say observation index, I
