In this review, they conclude that given the current studies, there were none of sufficient scope and power to show clinical benefit of verum (real) acupuncture over sham. This is pretty much the state of the majority of acupuncture research.
Acupuncture looks promising in itch modulation, in treating atopic dermatitis and herpes zoster pain, and in promoting wound healing. Medical AcupunctureVol. 29, No. 5 Acupuncture and Cutaneous Medicine: Is It Effective? Mary van den Berg-Wolf , and Thomas Burgoon Published
This article looks at the data that is available for using alternative therapies for psoriasis. Acupuncture has been shown to be effective in many studies. Because psoriasis is thought to be an immune system problem being triggered by infections, stress,
I kind of thought I knew everything there was to know about the latest research on acupuncture. But this article has findings and interpretations I’d never heard of. Not sure if I buy all of it, but super thought provoking
Here is another data set looking at long term stress reduction/improvement in HRV over time. from a patient who has been treated for 2 years for hypertension and anxiety. Her blood pressure is controlled without medication and the anxiety very
This is another set of data from a healthy patient in his mid thirties who has issues with allergies, anxiety, insomnia. This is his data for the first year of treatment. Again we see an increase over time.
This data is from a patient we’ve looked at before. One overriding goal of this HRV project (looking at stress levels and autonomic balance in conjunction with acupuncture) is to explore and document stress levels over time with consistent treatment.
My ongoing work to use HRV (heart rate variability) to document improved autonomic activity (stress levels) has as one of its foci the use of TAVNS and if there appears to be improved stress levels with its use. Even though
I’m taking this off the page for allergy to place it here for readers who really are interested in the nitty gritty. There is much interplay in the human body between the peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system.
Another article exploring the uses of transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation and the physiology of its effects. So many of the studies are small, so not definitive. I am also wary since there is a “gold rush” to produce expensive
