This study shows that electroacupuncture during alcohol withdrawal in mice improves with electroacupuncture of 100 Hz at Du14 and Du 20 and not at Susanli and Neiguan. This study is beyond my expertise, but I applaud the study design
Moxibustion (burning of mugwort) near the classic point for version of a breech presentation leads to 58% vertex presentation at birth as opposed to 43% of pregnant women who had non-specific moxabustion. Well powered study of 406 healthy pregnant women.
A patient told me the story of a friend who went religiously for Acupuncture for a year for help with focus. She’s now able to read a book every other day. It was a good reminder for me to encourage
One strategy in my mission to improve acupuncture results is to find models in nature that explain why humans would have evolved to respond to acupuncture. What is it mimicking in nature that makes it have it’s healing properties? For
From Napadow, the brain circuitry of itching and where verum acupuncture seems to be working at the brain level. Cereb Cortex. 2012 Dec 4 The Brain Circuitry Mediating Antipruritic Effects of Acupuncture. Napadow V, Li A, Loggia ML, Kim
The topic of vagal tone is key to our understanding of stress and HRV. We’ve looked at acupuncture and GI motility (upper and lower) before. In this study, they looked at auricular acupuncture (AA) , somatic/body acupuncture (SA)and its
Recent studies have shown that adenosine increases with acupuncture, suggesting that acupuncture works partially through adenosine A1 receptors. This study suggests that the response is specific to acupoints and requires rotation of the needle. This study looks at the response
This is from Acufinder, a directory for Acupuncturists. As usual they do incredibly poor referencing to original sources, but thought that there might be interest. “Alleviate Arthritis Pain Arthritis isn’t just one disease, but a complex disorder comprised of
Basic study showing that different acupuncture points (LI4,ST36,LV3) all show up distinctly on fMRI. Important in laying the basis for using precribed acupuncture points instead of random needling. This is from the same center as Vitaly Napadow, so though not
I don’t usually link to these kinds of articles because false promises made for debilitating diseases is the last thing that acupuncture should be associated with. This new Brazilian study was well done, however, and well powered. The subjects
