Determining the Right Acupuncture for Good Recovery Over Neuropsychiatric Trauma

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

75

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 1, 2022

Primary Completion Date

October 1, 2026

Study Completion Date

October 1, 2026

Conditions
PTSDPost Traumatic Stress DisorderAcupuncture
Interventions
OTHER

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."

OTHER

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."

OTHER

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."

Trial Locations (1)

89191

RECRUITING

Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center, Nellis Air Force Base

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Paul Crawford

FED