Body of Research

Through a systematic review of Medline and Embase databases, with the inclusion of four preclinical and five clinical studies on Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation (TNS) and transcutaneous auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (tVNS), Shiozawa et. al. concluded that TNS and tVNS improve treatment of particular neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression. See the details of the study that shows promising (even though mixed) results at SciELO Brasil.   Reference: Shiozawa P, Silva ME, Carvalho TC, Cord...

Auricular stimulation has been applied for medical treatment for thousands of years, and became popularized on the developments of Dr. Paul Nogier, the “father” of auriculotherapy and auriculomedicine. In the present study, the relationship between the auricular acupuncture and the vagal regulation has been reviewed. It is shown that auricular acupuncture plays a role in vagal activity of autonomic functions of cardiovascular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal systems. Mechanism studies sugge...