The gut is the “second brain,” meaning that it perceives and reflects the status of the mind. This is the case of an 85 year old woman with severe gastric reflux that effects her mood to the extent that
This recent German study looks at certain immune factor levels and compares to a cohort group using Loratidine. IL-10 is well documented to be influenced by acupuncture, but this study evaluated a few other factors. Treatment is pretty much the
Or another way to ask it is, “Why do I do what I do?” HRV or Heart Rate Variability, is tricky but it gives a glimpse of the very subtle changes that occur in the autonomic nervous system. Other
This article is interesting since it shows the contralateral effect of acupuncture on the brain. Full Article Here PLoS One. 2014 Jun 13;9(6):e96777. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096777. eCollection 2014. Modulatory Effect of Acupuncture at Waiguan (TE5) on the Functional Connectivity of the
Pupil size can be an indicator of autonomic balance. Smaller means more parasympathetic tone. In this study they look at electromagnetic acupuncture (EMA) on B15, a point traditionally associated with the heart, and find that there is an increase in parasympathetic activity
This study was done in mice. I’m not sure what to make of these studies, but we’re seeing more and more studies looking at the hippocampus and damage or neurotransmitter effects. This was a simple 5 day electroacupuncture study. Zhen
Scientific American takes on the topic of Acupuncture in discussing a research study about acupuncture for depression. In this particular article, they used electroacupuncture for 6 weeks and the effect was more rapid than with Prozac. If you click
I was going to simply skim this article, but it turns out that a fair portion of it concerns my research focus, which is stress reduction. Since I tend to think in “Mainstream Lingo” that part of the paper wasn’t
Acupuncture cured my allergies 18 years ago, so I’ve always had a special interest and focus on allergy treatment. The ability to help allergies with acupuncture particularly fascinated me, because of the potential for immune function optimization. This article talks about moxibustion
Migraine is such a miserable condition, I don’t understand how migraine patients manage as well as they do. The case here is a woman who is 47 and developed migraines after the birth of her child at age 45. The
