Acupuncture Regulates the Immune System

The effect of acupuncture on the immune system has been investigated by Japanese researchers. They measured immune system markers in the blood of seventeen healthy volunteers aged 21-51, both before and after receiving acupuncture, in order to determine the activity of T cells, B cells, macrophages and natural killer cells. Their observations suggested that acupuncture regulates the immune system, and promotes humoral (antibody driven) and cell-mediated (T cell driven) immunity, as well as natural killer cell activity.

(Acupuncture Regulates Leukocyte Subpopulations in Human Peripheral Blood. Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine, December 2007.)

Author: Robin Costello

I offer traditional Chinese acupuncture in Exeter, from a tranquil clinic a mile from the city centre, and next to the University of Exeter. I graduated originally from the London School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine’s 3 year full time Acupuncture Diploma (DipAc) course. I am on the practitioners register of the British Acupuncture Council (MBAcC), a regulatory and professional body with an entry standard of a full three year undergraduate degree level training. I have worked in a hospital in south west China, deepening my knowledge and using acupuncture and Chinese massage (tuina) as the treatment of choice in its country of origin. I have taught Chinese medicine in colleges, the NHS and at university level. I also practise Qi Gong, and Chinese dietary therapy, that is the medicinal use of ordinary foods, chosen to help achieve particular therapeutic effects in different individuals.