75
Participants
Start Date
October 1, 2022
Primary Completion Date
October 1, 2026
Study Completion Date
October 1, 2026
Dragons acupuncture
"The treatment we are studying is supposed to help the rational and emotional brain effectively communicate, so that the emotional brain can finally realize the trauma experienced is no longer a threat. We call this re-processing. It does not take away the memory but it allows the rational brain to see the memory as just a memory without the emotional brain initiating your fight, flight or freeze system. This allows the mind to take the file off the messy desk and put it away. The treatment was named by the Chinese and is called External and Internal Dragons. According to the Chinese, the External Dragons represent all the bad (traumatic) things that happen to us. The Internal Dragons live inside us, and fight off the External Dragons.~Subject will lay on your stomach and have 7 needles placed in head, upper back, lower back and ankles."
Dragons acupressure
"The treatment we are studying is supposed to help the rational and emotional brain effectively communicate, so that the emotional brain can finally realize the trauma experienced is no longer a threat. We call this re-processing. It does not take away the memory but it allows the rational brain to see the memory as just a memory without the emotional brain initiating your fight, flight or freeze system. This allows the mind to take the file off the messy desk and put it away. The treatment was named by the Chinese and is called External and Internal Dragons. According to the Chinese, the External Dragons represent all the bad (traumatic) things that happen to us. The Internal Dragons live inside us, and fight off the External Dragons.~Subject will lay on your stomach and have 7 small acupressure adhesive bandages placed on head, upper back, lower back and ankles."
Dragons placebo
"The treatment we are studying is supposed to help the rational and emotional brain effectively communicate, so that the emotional brain can finally realize the trauma experienced is no longer a threat. We call this re-processing. It does not take away the memory but it allows the rational brain to see the memory as just a memory without the emotional brain initiating your fight, flight or freeze system. This allows the mind to take the file off the messy desk and put it away. The treatment was named by the Chinese and is called External and Internal Dragons. According to the Chinese, the External Dragons represent all the bad (traumatic) things that happen to us. The Internal Dragons live inside us, and fight off the External Dragons.~Subject will lay on your stomach and the doctor will touch 7 points on head, upper back, lower back and ankles."
RECRUITING
Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center, Nellis Air Force Base
Paul Crawford
FED