Effects of Acupuncture on the Human Immune System
10.3777/jjsam.31.323
- VernacularTitle:鍼治療の作用機序
- Author:
Yoshifuji Matsumoto
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
1982;31(4):323-327
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
Originally immunity started as the phenomenon of preventing disease, thus it is a form of preventative medicine.
Modern immunology which is making rapid progress in the field of basic medicine, constitutes one of the various biological response systems present in the human body which define the self and non-self. It is a basic response system which maintains the biological homeostasis of the body. The immune response system is closely related with the various other biological response systems and is profoundly related with the onset and pathogenesis of diseases. It is becoming clear that acupuncture therapy brings about biochemical, phamacological and neurophysiological changes in the human body. In this study we examined immune responses due to acupuncture and the influences they exerted directly and indirectly on the immune response.
