These data sets are in two patients who showed some improvement in their autonomic balance with estim, or Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation (TVNS) as shown by HRV. I wanted to see what their data would look like without the needling,
Lots of nitty gritty on physiological effects of acupuncture on tissues, neurotransmitters, and other systems. They gave lots of acupuncture, which, again, is a bit of a stumbling block for us practitioners, but you have to crawl before you can
In this study, they gave intensive treatment. Daily acupuncture for 5 days, 2 days off for 4 weeks. I was surprised that their results were not better. They also used three different treatment protocols, two relied heavily on gall bladder
This is an older study, but Omura’s work comes up over and over again in searches for telomere length and acupuncture. Submitted out of interest. There will be a study coming up to corroborate or dispute these findings. They have
This study looks at tVNS and depression. I’ve been studying Transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation in the clinic. It involves a small ear electrode in addition to traditional acupuncture treatment. In my latest paper submission-journal-of-medical-acupuncture-one-manuscript-for-blog, I show some of the
I’m trying to get up to speed on Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) and its effect on inflammation. Manni et all, have shown that NGF may play a major role in electroacupuncture effects. Back ground abstract here.
One more strategy to implement and study in the quest for vagal enhancement! Discussion of a similar strategy here using abdominal points Liv13, Liv14 and abdominal GB points. World J Gastroenterol. 2015 Dec 28;21(48):13480-9. Neural mechanism of gastric motility
I was just wondering today if I, perhaps, make things more complicated and use more points than I need to. In this animal study, they showed significant effect on allergic and inflammatory markers using electroacupuncture on 36St only. That
This has been a satisfying case. Blood pressure and anxiety are well under control and her HRV data is interesting also. I’ve been treating her for a few months and we are exploring use of the customized ear stim
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet? Apparently not. The Somatosensory Stimulation in this article is acupuncture, of course. I can’t blame them for wanting to distance themselves from the “stigma” of using the term acupuncture if
