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Determining the Right Acupuncture for Good Recovery Over Neuropsychiatric Trauma
Sponsor: Paul Crawford
Summary
This study seeks to verify that a specific acupuncture treatment is effective at reducing symptoms of neuropsychiatric trauma found in those diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Official title: Determining the Right Acupuncture for Good Recovery Over Neuropsychiatric Trauma (DRAGON)
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 74 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
75
Start Date
2022-10-01
Completion Date
2026-10-01
Last Updated
2025-09-19
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
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.
Locations (1)
Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, United States