This reference is from 2009 and it has really changed the way I’m looking at all of this. What they maintain in their article is that patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis and atopy in general have too much parasympathetic input,
This article looks at autonomic balance before and after a series of 12 acupuncture sessions. (Update: full article text here.)What they say is that the patients with Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis have a higher resting heart rate to start, and blunted
This article is from the group in Berlin, and back ground for a subsequent blog post. Their conclusion was that acupuncture was effective, but not cost effective. I would argue that they didn’t run the experiment long enough. In my
Laser Ther. 2015 Mar 31;24(1):53-61. doi: 10.5978/islsm.15-OR-07. Yellow laser acupuncture – A new option for prevention and early intervention of lifestyle-related diseases: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial in volunteers. Litscher D1, Wang G2, Gaischek I1, Wang L1, Wallner-Liebmann S3, Petek
A review article from China. Good stuff! Plus free full text link below. Substantial evidence has shown that the skin is a neuroimmunoendocrine organ; the body skin is rich in nervous, endocrine, immune tissues structurally, and closely associated with these
This is a complicated/detailed study of the effects of electroacupuncture and manual acupuncture on a PCOS rat model. The details are way over my head, but it seems that the acupuncture effects are not necessarily achieved through the sympathetic
Kevin Tracey is the researcher using implantable electrodes to stimulate the vagus nerve to damp down the hyperimmune response in rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions. This is the abstract from a talk at Cold Springs Harbor. Since acupuncture cured my
A detailed study of the science behind acupuncture/moxibustion effect on IBS including animal studies and theory. Free online paper at the link.
This is another clinical case, looking at the same research questions as this one. This is the case of a young woman age 25, who had a concussion after being thrown from a horse. She had severe headaches and
This turned out to be a pretty good illustration of some of the issues I’m exploring with stress monitoring (HRV) as a function of acupuncture treatment. This is a patient late 30’s who has had some upheaval in her
