This is a paper outlining the effect of mast cell degranulation and mechanical stimulus in the form of acupuncture stimulation. Dr. Lundeberg at the Barcelona conference spoke about the far reaching immune effects of acupuncture stimulation also. It makes me
This article show different effects of electroacupuncture depending on the frequency used. It also shows that this effect takes 20 minutes to develop. I’m focusing quite a bit on what happens within an individual acupuncture treatment with HRV, and
This is where I think electroceutical type therapy is going. They measure autonomics, but they don’t say how. I will try to get a copy of the paper. Obes Surg. 2014 Dec 10. [Epub ahead of print] Chronic Electrical Stimulation
This article was also commandeered by Fasmer out of Norway. He had a hand in Huang‘s other paper, presented at the ISAMS in 2011 where I presented a poster on HRV. I assume this is the same Huang, though
This is the pro side Here is the con side I guess I am taken aback at the scorn thrown at the acupuncture camp. I wonder why they didn’t spend their time berating truly expensive and dangerous therapies such as
In spite of this being a high powered study, apparently it is not being accepted by the National Healthcare system in Great Britain because there was no sham arm. Now THAT is depressing. full text here. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of
I will post the pdf’s from two of the presentations from Barcelona on acupuncture and immune function. This connects to my research on the autonomic nervous system and acupuncture since the autonomic nervous system affects immunity. I also see this
Backer_MigraineHRV_2007 I am posting this older article so that I can link to it on an upcoming handout for the UCSF presentation on Wednesday November 26th. Interestingly, what they see is that LF decreases over time in the verum acupuncture
Interesting study for a few reasons. The subjects had electroacupuncture or sham acupuncture once a week for 8 weeks. The sham group showed no difference in their HRV, but the verum acupuncture group showed an increase in their normalized
This study was done at UCLA, and nicely done. I’m trying to get a reprint to see what exactly their treatment was, and what HRV parameters they were looking at. (Update: reprint hereMehta.Acupuncture.1-s2.0-S0167527314012017-main) In sum, what they found was
