This is my submission in reply to a call for papers to the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Journal concerning functional movement disorder. Acupuncture and Vagal Tone: Cervical Dystonia and Intention Tremor Patients with functional movement disorders have lower
Through some web searching, I was able to find a copy of this paper that’s not behind a subscription firewall. These kinds of papers have been coming out for decades. It’s a safe bet as a journalist to criticize acupuncture,
Headache. 2016 Jul;56(7):1238-40. Role of Acupuncture in the Treatment or Prevention of Migraine, Tension-Type Headache, or Chronic Headache Disorders. Coeytaux RR1,2, Befus D3. Author information Abstract OBJECTIVE: To summarize the current evidence that evaluates the effectiveness of acupuncture for the
As my patients know, I am always lamenting that I haven’t had a “breakthrough” yet in my work. The key that will ensure a speedy, positive, healing shift for each and every patient. I am getting closer, though. But
In this post, I cited the article that looked at electro at LI11. In this study it decreases sympathetic activity. I am usually looking at parasympathetic activity, but decreasing sympathetic (fright/flight) is of huge interest also. This point is also
This case is so fascinating because this 75 year old’s neuropathy is 95% gone after 5 visits. I’ve done the same treatment each time, not changing it since it seems to be working. There’s no way of knowing if
This post is speculative, but tries to address the conundrum that in profound clinical responders, you don’t always see an improvement in their HRV over time. The patients whose data is presented here were all profound clinical responders with
They measure sympathetic outflow in a much more defined manner than HRV here. I rarely use electroacupuncture on the arm for hypertension. Maybe I’ll give it a go and see how the patient and data respond! Zhen Ci Yan Jiu.
This data is from a young woman with essential hypertension, seeking nonpharmacological solutions for her blood pressure. I’ve seen her for years, but am only including the last 6 months worth of data for simplicity. Any condition that has a
This data is from a patient in his 70’s who has had bilateral neuropathy in his legs and feet for 12 years. A patient of mine gave him my name and he came to see me as a last
