Review and Free Article about the neurophysiology of PC6. I use this point frequently in practice even though it can hurt!! When trying to increase HRV, decrease blood pressure, or calm panic attacks and stress it’s indispensable. Please link
I love this study because it 1) shows a difference in these two points even though they are relatively close together. And 2) that it corroborates the modern and ancient teachings. Heart 7 is used for “spirit” specifically, and PC6
Effects of Auricular Acupuncture on Anthropometric, Lipid Profile, Inflammatory, and Immunologic Markers: A Randomized Controlled Trial Study. Abdi H, Abbasi-Parizad P, Zhao B, Ghayour-Mobarhan M, Tavallaie S, Rahsepar AA, Parizadeh SM, Safariyan M, Nemati M, Mohammadi M, Darbandi M, Darbandi
This study shouldn’t really be filed under Acupuncture Research, but it certainly has implications for acupuncture. They used the hind limbs of rats for TENS stim and found that TENS increased OXT expression and decreased CRF(corticotropin releasing factor) expression at
I assume this is from this year, but hard to tell. I wasn’t aware of this story and it’s quite positive! I must admit, I have excellent results with acupuncture for high blood pressure so it’s one of my favorite
Another article by Litscher doing the HRV analysis on heart rate data gathered in China. Again, the article is available for free online here. This study looks at two patients, each 27 years of age. One had a cervical
I don’t pretend to be an expert on fMRI, but there have been a number of well done studies on fMRI and acupuncture. Examples here and here. One of the main results, in my assessment, is that one can differentiate
As readers of this blog know, I’m deeply interested in the acupuncture’s effect on the autonomic nervous system. This study looks at fMRI and autonomic reactions (heart rate response.) They found that needling activated areas typically associated with pain, but
This study was cited in a circular I receive from Health Concerns, an herbal company I use as a vendor. Even if the numbers are overstated, they are significant enough to be reported. Given the side effects, expense and
I’m glad to see an article on the use of iron supplements, something underutilized in medicine in my opinion. In Chinese Medicine, womens’ “blood,” the quality and quantity is of primary importance. The premise of this article is a bit
