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=== Manual vagus nerve stimulation === Some ME/CFS patients have found that regular manual vagus nerve stimulation improves ME/CFS symptoms both in the short and long term, although these reports have not been confirmed by clinicians. In addition to deep breathing<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.drweil.com/health-wellness/body-mind-spirit/stress-anxiety/breathing-three-exercises/ | title = Breathing Exercises: Three To Try {{!}} 4-7-8 Breath {{!}} Andrew Weil, M.D. | date = 2016-10-28 | website = DrWeil.com|language=en-US|access-date=2021-04-07}}</ref>, these techniques include gargling<ref name="Kharrazian2013">{{Cite book | title=Why isn't my brain working? : a revolutionary understanding of brain decline and effective strategies to recover your brain's health|isbn=978-0-9856904-3-4|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/853272721 | date =2013 | last = Kharrazian | first=Datis|oclc=853272721|location=Carlsbad, CA}}</ref>, "The Basic Exercise" (as described by Stanley Rosenberg<ref name="Rosenberg2017">{{Cite book | title=Accessing the healing power of the vagus nerve : self-help exercises for anxiety, depression, trauma, and autism|isbn=978-1-62317-024-0|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/918969766 | date = 2017 | last=Rosenberg | first = Stanley|oclc=918969766|location=Berkeley, California}}</ref>), and stimulating the diving reflex by immersing the face in cool water.<ref name="Godek2020">{{Cite book | last=Godek | first = Devon | last2 = Freeman | first2=Andrew M. | date = 2020 | title=Physiology, Diving Reflex|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK538245/|location=Treasure Island (FL)|publisher=StatPearls Publishing|pmid=30855833}}</ref> These techniques can be done by the patient at home and are free.
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