Parasympathetic effects from sympathetic stimulation

This is something I have noticed in my own practice but no one else talks about. Have you noticed this too? This seems to haooen only with very sensitive patients. They will feel it when I first tap in the needle.Here, I just stimulated the sympathetic nerve ending just under the skin. Buteven if I don’t manipulate the needle any more, I will still get the parasympathetic effects of the point!. I haven’t heard Eastern or Western practitioners mention this phenomenon at all. A parasympathetic response from sympathetic stimulation. Very odd.Maybe the sympathetic stimulation is modulated by the amount/type of stimulation and is processed differently.

Published by Mark Reinhard

I aman Acupuncturist with over 32 years experience. I am also an electrical engineer (graduated from Georgia Tech in 1981) and also an author ("Electro-Acupuncture for Practitioners" available on Amazon in book and e-book formats).My goal is to take the mysteryout of acupuncture and to bring it into the 21st century.

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