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WELCOME!
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WHY ARE YOU HERE?
WHY ARE WE HERE?
TOO MANY NEGATIVE STATISTICS
Source: Descriptive Demographic and Clinical Practice Profile of Acupuncturists: An Executive Summary from the NCCAOM® 2013 Job Analysis Survey
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WHAT’S THE STORY?• 70% work fewer than 40 hours in ALL practice activities
• 46% work fewer than 30 hours in ALL practice activities
• SIGN ME UP!
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BUT WAIT…• 35% say it’s because they don’t have enough
patients • 25% say it’s because they have a second job • Therefore, 60% can’t make a satisfactory living
as an acupuncturist • Perhaps that’s why 50% of the profession has
been at it less than 10 years.
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STUDENT LOAN DEBT• Usually well over $100,000 • Payments over $1,000 • Mathematically, it doesn’t work…
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NEW PATIENTS SEEN IN A MONTH
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TOTAL PATIENTS SEEN IN A MONTH
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TOTAL GROSS PERSONAL INCOME
15.9%
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IT CAN BE DONE…• 16% make over $105,000 • AcuGraph users make 35% more than non-users • So let’s talk about money…
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ACUPUNCTURISTS ARE SELFLESS• Most common route into Acupuncture starts with Massage Therapy • Pursuing passion, called to serve • Is it wrong to make a living? • Even a good living? • What is money?
THIS IS NOT A MARKETING COURSE…
But it is.
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TWO MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS• Connection • Results
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CONNECTION• What do your patients see when they walk in? • What first impression do they get?
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CONNECTION• What do your patients see when they walk in?
• What first impression do they get?
• Negative stereotypes. Perpetuated?
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CONNECTION• Do patients TRUST you? • Do they have CONFIDENCE in you? • Is the visit a POSITIVE experience? • Do they get what they WANT from you?
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RESULTS• Do you meet expectations? • Wait, what ARE expectations? • What evidence can you show? • What Matters More: Change or symptoms?
TECHNOLOGY IS KEY
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PATIENTS WANT, LIKE AND USE TECH• Dr. Google is your biggest competitor
• It is becoming part of the human experience
• It is becoming the human experience
• In our lifetimes, permanent human enhancement
• Causing health problems (and solving them) • Age of evidence
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PATIENTS WANT, LIKE AND USE TECH• Patients EXPECT technology • Fastest, most reliable way to connect
• Immediate trust
• Key to results
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LET’S TALK ABOUT RYODORAKU• First Major Advance in Acupuncture Tech (at least
since metal needles!) • First evidence-based approach • Started the whole shift toward “modern” approaches
Wikipedia.com, “Traditional Chinese Medicine” August 2, 2010
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The most scientific derivative of TCM practiced in Japan is Ryodoraku ( ), which was developed by Yoshio Nakatani in 1950. It utilizes objective electricity test instruments and direct current stimulation of acupoints instead of subjective interpretation of symptoms and treatment.
INTRODUCTION TO RYODORAKU ACUPUNCTURE
Adrian P. Larsen, DC, FASAAcupuncture Technology
Symposium 2017
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TCM (TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE)• Acupuncture • Herbal Therapy • Qigong • Tuina • 8 Principles (Zang-Fu) diagnosis
JAPANESE ACUPUNCTURE• Spread to Japan about 1,500 years ago • Retained many of the spiritual aspects of the
original medicine • Based upon the equal distribution and movement
of Qi through the channels • Balance brings healing
1. Which meridians are out of balance? 2. Which points are needed to restore balance? 3. Where are these points located? 4. What type of treatment will be used?
THE FOUR BASIC STEPS IN MERIDIAN BALANCING
• Pulse Diagnosis • Tongue diagnosis • Muscle testing • Hara palpation • Symptoms Analysis • Ryodoraku
STEP 1: WHICH MERIDIANS ARE OUT OF BALANCE?
WHAT IS RYODORAKU?• Method of evaluating the meridians • Uses electrical resistance measurement at 24 points • Mathematical interpretation • Creates graphical representation of meridian balance • Based on objective evidence (not subject to opinion)
PRACTITIONER BENEFITS
WHY RYODORAKU?• Objective examination • Increased insight into patient’s condition • Easy to learn and perform • Can be done by an assistant • Record of progression
PATIENT BENEFITS
WHY RYODORAKU?• Increased understanding • Increased acceptance • Satisfies reward-seeking behavior • Better treatment • Better results
PRACTICE BENEFITS
WHY RYODORAKU?• Unparalleled marketing power • 35% more practice revenue • Increased efficiency • Objective evidence of need for care • Objective evidence of progress
RYODORAKU HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
• 1950: Dr. Nakatani noted areas of altered electrical conductivity on the skin of patients with various diseases.
• Generally in lines following the classical Chinese acupuncture meridians. • He named these points, “ryodoraku” (ryo=good, ‘do=(electro)
conductive, ‘raku=line.)
Since that time, many other books have been published by numerous authors
IN 1977 HE PUBLISHED THE DEFINITIVE TEXTBOOK ON THE SUBJECT
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RYODORAKU METHOD• The technique is performed by
measuring electrical skin resistance at 24 representative points.
• 8 of the 12 representative points are Yuan Source points.
Ryodoraku Designation
Equivalent Chinese Point
Type
H1 LU 9 Source
H2 P 7 Source
H3 HT 7 Source
H4 SI 5 Horary
H5 TH 4 Source
H6 LI 5 Fire
F1 SP 3 Source
F2 LV 3 Source
F3 KI 4 Luo
F4 BL 65 Sedation
F5 GB 40 Source
F6 ST 42 Source
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RYODORAKU METHOD• Each of the values is plotted on a paper chart.
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RYODORAKU METHOD• The chart is calibrated for a 1.4 centimeter ruler to represent the
physiological range.
1.4 cm
• Only bars outside the range are treated.
RYODORAKU METHOD
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1.4 cm
• Originally treated with tonification and sedation points only. • Treatment by electrical current applied to needles.
RYODORAKU METHOD
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MODERN UPDATES• Standardized on Yuan Source points only • “Splits” are also addressed
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AKABANE• The Akabane Method was
developed by Koohee Akabane in 1951.
• Originally used moxa sticks and heat sensation.
• Treatment was applied to the back-shu points.
• Today, electronic methods are used.
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AKABANE• Modern Adaptation • Using Moxa Testing
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AKABANE• Modern Adaptation • Using Electronic Testing
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AKABANE• Modern Adaptation • Using Electronic Testing
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AKABANE• Modern Adaptation • Using Electronic Testing
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GERMAN ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE
• EAV was developed by Dr. Reinhold Voll in the early 1950’s. • Developed a system with over 850 points (some on
acupuncture meridians, some not.) • Also began testing for allergies, remedies, supplements, etc. • Widely used today; many types of devices on the market. • Many problematic claims • Practitioner bias
(Voll/EAV/EAP/GEA/EDS)
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GERMAN ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE • Uses indicator rise and drop
as indicators for the type of dysfunctions located
(Voll/EAV/EAP/GEA/EDS)
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ARE THEY ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING?
RYODORAKU • AKABANE • VOLLSimilarities: • All use skin resistance measurement as a surrogate for life force
energy or Qi • Ryodoraku and Akabane use traditional Chinese meridians for
measurement and traditional acupuncture points for treatment
ARE THEY ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING?
RYODORAKU • AKABANE • VOLLDifferences: • Voll (EAV) does not primarily use the traditional acupuncture
meridians, for either measurement or treatment • The primary purpose of EAV is to prescribe supplements or remedies,
not to do acupuncture
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• Ryodoraku is a method of electrically evaluating the acupuncture meridians
• In use for over 60 years • Objective and insightful • Uniquely acupuncture focused
SUMMARY
TIME FOR A SLIDE SHOW!
THE SCIENCE THAT SUPPORTS YOUAcupuncture Technology
Symposium 2017
Adrian P. Larsen, DC, FASA
PART 1: EVIDENCE FOR MERIDIANS
Resistance: • Defined as opposition to the flow of
electric current • Measured in ohms Ω
ELECTRICAL CONCEPTS
Conductance: • A measure of how easily electrical
current flows along a given path • The inverse of resistance • Can be expressed in amperes
ELECTRICAL CONCEPTS
Current: • The rate of flow of electric charge • Measured in Amperes (A) • Milliamp = 1/1,000 Ampere (mA) • Microamp = 1/1,000,000 Ampere (µA)
ELECTRICAL CONCEPTS
• General Skin Resistance: 50K Ω- 15Meg Ω
• Acupoints can be 2-6 times more conductive than surrounding skin
• Can electrically locate meridians to within 5mm (3 studies)
• Resistance changes as much as 60% within 6 seconds of needle insertion
• Meridians demonstrate “capacitance” (store 5x the energy of surrounding skin)
• 15 published studies indicate acupuncture points and meridians have higher electrical conductance than surrounding cutaneous areas.
• 16 additional studies demonstrate that, in certain disease processes, higher or lower impedance can be detected at clinically relevant AP’s but not at clinically unrelated AP’s in the same patients.
• 9 published studies show electrical connections between acupuncture points on the same meridians, on paired or coupled meridians and between theoretically related points.
• A waxing and waning of electrical impedance that correlates with experimentally induced disease and subsequent recovery, at clinically relevant AP’s has been demonstrated in 5 human and animal studies.
MERIDIANS
ACUPUNCTURE MERIDIANS• Lines or channels of energetic flow • Over 635 specific meridians identified
in the literature • Used therapeutically for at least 5000
years • Not (yet) conclusively related to any
anatomic structure
ACUPUNCTURE MERIDIANS
ACUPUNCTURE MERIDIANS
• NOT nerves. • Not neurochemicals. • Not brain chemistry. • Neurovascular bundles, neuromuscular
attachments, nerve endings. • Way too fast. • Way too slow.
FACT VERSUS FICTION
ANATOMIC EVIDENCE
• Most nearly aligned with Fascial system of the body
• (Studied since 2002)
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• Vast electromagnetic signaling system so that every cell in the body knows what every other cell is doing
• Cytoskeleton may act as coupled harmonic oscillator sending information from outside of cells all the way into the nucleus and even into the DNA itself
• In proportion to their size, cells set up huge electrical fields across their membranes with a negative polarity inside the cell and a positive one outside the cell
• Collagen arrays (connective tissue) also set up electrical fields that are produced primarily by movement
“The fascia is the ‘context’ for the content i.e. the muscles, bones and organs. It is the universal environment for life. It enwraps each cell, group of cells, tissue, organ and then finally wraps the entire body in a ‘superficial fascia’. We can trace the relationships of the collagen and other fibers of the fascial matrix all the way down to the intracellular matrix.”
—James Oschmann
“The connective tissue and fascia form a mechanical continuum, extending throughout the animal body, even to the innermost parts of each cell. All great systems of the body—the circulation, the nervous system, the musculo-skeletal system, the digestive tract, the various organs—are ensheathed in connective tissue. This matrix determines the overall shape of the organism as well as the detailed architecture of its parts.”
“All movements, of the body as a whole, or of its smallest parts, are created by tensions carried through the connective tissue fabric. Each tension, each compression, each movement causes the crystalline lattices of the connective tissues to generate bioelectric signals that are precisely characteristic of those tensions, compressions and movements. The fabric is a semi-conducting communication network that can convey the bioelectric signals between every part of the body and every other part.”
“This communication network within the fascia is none other than the meridian system of Oriental Medicine, with its countless extensions into every part of the body. As these signals flow through the tissues, their biomagnetic counterparts extend the stories they tell into the space around the body. The mechanical, bioelectric, and biomagnetic signals traveling through the connective tissue, and through space around the body, tell the various cells how to form and reform the tissue architecture in response to tensions, compressions, and movement we make.”
—James Oschman, Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis
PART 2: ACUPUNCTURE RESEARCH
• Confirmation Bias • Medical Bias • Scientific Model Bias • Mechanism Bias • Sham Problem • Pure vs. Applied
THE RESEARCH IS STACKED AGAINST YOU:
• Acupuncture Is No Better Than A Placebo For Treating Back Pain, Says Report
• Acupuncture Is Theatrical Placebo • Acupuncture Offers No Benefits Over Placebo for Hot Flashes of
Menopause • Another Study Shows Acupuncture is a Placebo Treatment
“UNBIASED” ACUPUNCTURE REPORTING
• Is Acupuncture a Placebo Therapy? • Acupuncture is All Placebo • The Acupuncture Myth • Acupuncture, Magic and Make-Believe
“UNBIASED” ACUPUNCTURE REPORTING
100% Based on “Sham Acupuncture”
Usually suboptimal dose, or improper administration
“Sham Acupuncture”
• Non-needle Sham (inactive TENS, for example) • Needle-based Sham
- Penetrating Needles - Non-Penetrating Needles - At Acupoints - At Non-acupoints
is no better than a placebo for treating back pain, says report.
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A total of 638 adults with chronic mechanical low back pain were randomized to one of 4 groups:
• Individualized acupuncture • Standardized acupuncture • Simulated acupuncture • Usual (medical) care
DANIEL C. CHERKIN, PHD, ET. AL., 2009:
Daniel C. Cherkin, PhD, et. al., 2009
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“Collectively, these recent trials provide strong and consistent evidence that real acupuncture needling using the Chinese meridian system is no more effective for chronic back pain than various purported forms of sham acupuncture.”
Daniel C. Cherkin, PhD, et. al., 2009
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“However, both real and sham acupuncture appear superior to usual care.”
DANIEL C. CHERKIN, PHD, ET. AL., 2009:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2016
• Opioids • Analgesics • NSAIDs • Muscle Relaxants • Antidepressants • Anti-seizure medications • Corticosteroids • Ultrasound • TENS • PENS • Muscle Stim • Traction
• Taping • Interferential Current • Laser • Heat/Cold • Exercise • Pilates • Tai Chi • Yoga • Psychological Therapies • Multi-discipline Rehab • Acupuncture • Massage • Manipulation
NONINVASIVE TREATMENTS FOR LOW BACK PAIN
Acupuncture vs. No Acupuncture scored highest awarded in all 6 categories: • Pain: Magnitude of effect • Pain: Evidence • Pain: Strength of evidence • Function: Magnitude of effect • Function: Evidence • Function: Strength of evidence
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2016NONINVASIVE TREATMENTS FOR LOW BACK PAIN
Overall, following a course of at least eight weeks, patients treated with acupuncture suffered fewer headaches compared to those who were given only pain killers. In the migraine study, acupuncture was superior to proven prophylactic drug treatments, but faked treatments were no less effective. In the tension headache study, true acupuncture was actually slightly more effective than faked treatments.
—Science Daily, January 21, 2009
KLAUS LINDE (2 HEADACHE STUDIES)
• Acupuncture added to usual care resulted in 41 in 100 people having the frequency of headaches at least halved, compared to 17 of 100 people given usual care only.
• The frequency of headaches halved in 50 of 100 people receiving true acupuncture, compared with 41 of 100 people receiving 'fake' acupuncture.
• At three months, headache frequency halved in 57 of 100 people receiving acupuncture, compared with 46 of 100 people taking the drug. After six months, headache frequency halved in 59 of 100 people receiving acupuncture, compared with 54 of 100 people taking the drug. People receiving acupuncture reported side effects less often than people receiving drugs, and were less likely to drop out of the trial.
COCHRANE REVIEW, JUNE 2016:ACUPUNCTURE FOR THE PREVENTION OF EPISODIC MIGRAINE
SO IS ACUPUNCTURE JUST A PLACEBO?
• There is no effective placebo for acupuncture because there is no demonstrated mechanism
• With no demonstrated mechanism, you cannot differentiate placebo • There is no way to double blind (patient and practitioner) • Clinical evidence • Anecdotal evidence • Skeptical patients • Positive, unexpected side effects
THE OTHER SIDE…
ANIMAL STUDIES
TWO EFFECTS
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
EFFECT SIZE
40%
60%Effect due to context plus sham needling
Effect of true
acupuncture over and above context and shamSame effect size
as NSAID vs. sham
• 90% of benefit of acupuncture over usual care remains after 12 months
• 50% of benefit of acupuncture over sham remains over 12 months
ALSO:
SIZE MATTERS:
Estimated Effect Size Approximate Sample Size Required for a 2-arm Trial
Medium 0.5 170
Small 0.3 468
True vs. Sham
Acupuncture0.2 1052
What Kind of Research? Does acupuncture work?
Why does it work? How should we use it?
ANALYSIS OF 8637 INDIVIDUAL GRAPHSAll the following parameters showed statistically significant improvement across age and gender over the course of 5 visits: • PIE Score • Stability Score • Yin/Yang balance • Number of Splits
CONCLUSIONS:• Acupuncture meridians have measurable electrical properties. • These properties significantly differ by demographic. • These properties change with acupuncture treatment, tending toward
balance. • These changes cannot be attributed to placebo effects. • Greater balance correlates with improved clinical outcomes. • Acupuncture is real.
Skin Conductance at 24 Source (Yuan) Acupoints in 8637 Patients: Influence of Age, Gender and Time of Day
TOP PRIZE HEO-JUN AWARD 2011!
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HERPES ZOSTER (SHINGLES)• 9 studies with 945 participants total • Acupuncture plus Moxibustion produced significantly better results for
Herpes Zoster (Shingles) pain reduction than pharmacotherapy
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INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS/BLADDER PAIN• 12 patients received 10 acupuncture sessions each • Statistically significant improvement in pain, urgency, symptoms and
maximum voided volume • Improvements lasted up to 12 months (length of the study)
NECK PAIN
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• 34 patients received a single microcurrent treatment to points on the lower back
• 68% reduction in reported pain immediately after treatment
• 35% reduction in reported pain at 48 hour follow up
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TMJ PAIN• 9 studies involving 231 total patients • Acupuncture produced significant
decreases in pain when compared to most controls. (A variety of sham and other intervention controls were used)
• Non-penetrating sham was less effective than penetrating sham, and acupuncture performed as well as TMJ splint treatment for myogenous TMD
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• 2 cohorts of 50 patients each, operative tooth removal with 10-day follow up.
• Auriculotherapy produced significantly better results than usual care for chewing, anxiety and post-operative analgesic use
DENTAL PAIN POST TOOTH REMOVAL
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CHEMOTHERAPY
• 56 patients in 2 groups for 2 weeks • The frequency and duration of nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea,
and quality-of-life scores were significantly better in the acupuncture group than in the usual care group
ASSOCIATED GASTRIC SYMPTOMS IN GASTRIC CANCER
CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN
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• 80 adults with LBP >/= 4/10 were treated with ear acupuncture or placebo, with immediate post-treatment evaluation
• Ear acupuncture produced significantly better results than placebo for pain reduction
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EPISODIC MIGRAINE (COCHRANE REVIEW)• The available evidence suggests that adding acupuncture to symptomatic
treatment of attacks reduces the frequency of headaches. Contrary to the previous findings, the updated evidence also suggests that there is an effect over sham, but this effect is small.
• The available trials also suggest that acupuncture may be at least similarly effective as treatment with prophylactic drugs. Acupuncture can be considered a treatment option for patients willing to undergo this treatment. As for other migraine treatments, long-term studies, more than one year in duration, are lacking.
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AURICULAR ACUPUNCTURE FOR PEDIATRIC MIGRAINES• 19 patients included, 8-18 years of age • All subjects showed significant
improvement or complete resolution of migraine headache pain
• There were no reported adverse events
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VISUAL FUNCTION IN RETINAL DISEASE• 14 patients received body and ear acupuncture in 10 sessions over 5
weeks. A non-acupuncture control group received no intervention • All treated patients showed subjective and objective improvements in
visual function. • Other non-related improvements in sleep, pain and feeling cold were also
noted.
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DEPRESSION-RELATED INSOMNIA• Meta-analysis of 18 studies • Acupuncture showed significant
improvements in sleep quality • Acupuncture alone did not show
significant improvements in depression
• Acupuncture combined with western medicine showed significant improvements in both
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DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY• 42 cases treated with acupuncture; 21 treated with sham • 3/6 measures of motor nerves and 2/2 measures of sensory function
improved significantly • Sham group saw no significant improvement
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MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROME• Meta-analysis of 10 studies • Significant improvement with acupuncture treatment after a single
treatment and a course of eight treatments. • Significant increase in pressure pain threshold following acupuncture
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SLEEP DISORDERS IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE• 22 patients, before and after 8-week treatment protocol of one acupuncture
session per week • The results showed that acupuncture significantly improved quality of
nocturnal sleep, nocturnal psychosis, and nocturnal motor symptoms for Parkinson’s patients
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ELECTRODERMAL SCREENINGS OF ASTHMATICS
• 50 asthma patients screened using Jing-well points • All mean meridian conductances were lower for the asthma group • Significant differences in Lung and right Bladder meridians • All but two of the standard deviations of group meridian conductances for
the Asthma group were higher than those for the Healthy group
WITH ACUGRAPH 4
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ELECTRODERMAL SCREENINGS OF ASTHMATICS
• These suggest that group measures of electrical conductance at Jing Well points can distinguish asthma from healthy individuals
• The study provides support for the usefulness of meridian energy measurements to assess organ-related dysfunction and for the idea that pathology groups exhibit higher standard deviations i.e. lower quality of regulation
WITH ACUGRAPH 4
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EMBROYO TRANSFER FOR IVF• Laser acupuncture before and after embryo transfer beat needle
acupuncture, sham laser acupuncture, and no treatment • Laser acupuncture improves implantation rate for IVF
www.RyodorakuResearch.comMORE STUDIES:
BONUS
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EVEN MORE STUDIES (2017):• Long-lasting reduction of blood pressure by electroacupuncture in
patients with hypertension • Reduction in headache symptoms associated with traumatic brain
injury in armed forces veterans • Improvement of symptoms and function in menopausal dry eye
syndrome • Up to 80% improvement in obsessive-compulsive disorder
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CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN• American College of Physicians (ACP) • 148,000 members in countries • Largest medical-specialty society in the world • Now recommend acupuncture for acute, subacute and chronic
low back pain as first line treatment, before drugs
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SUMMARY• There is real evidence for meridians and their properties • Numerous studies show acupuncture is effective for a variety of problems • Numerous biases still prevent full acceptance • Mechanism questions prevent medical acceptance • Technology is the best way to sidestep the issue, connect with patients, get
superior results and have a successful practice
Dr. Adrian Larsen
President: Miridia Acupuncture Technology Inc. www.miridiatech.com 208.846.8448
THANK YOU!