Tag: acupuncture and immunity
Neurogenic inflammation and the peripheral nervous system in host defense and immunopathology.
Nat Neurosci. 2012 Jul 26;15(8):1063-7. doi: 10.1038/nn.3144. full article here Neurogenic inflammation and the peripheral nervous system in host defense and immunopathology. Chiu IM1, von Hehn CA, Woolf CJ. Author information 1 FM Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Abstract The peripheral nervous and immune systems are traditionally thought of as serving…
Read MoreAcupuncture for Psoriasis
This article looks at the data that is available for using alternative therapies for psoriasis. Acupuncture has been shown to be effective in many studies. Because psoriasis is thought to be an immune system problem being triggered by infections, stress, and cold, it makes sense to me that acupuncture would help ” One meta-analysis of…
Read MoreSeed and Soil: With Cancer We Need To Focus on Both
This important article in the New Yorker reinforces my approach to prevention and health. Siddhartha Mukherjee makes the point that cancer and its treatment should not just be focused on the cancer itself, but the body where it is housed. He draws the analogy of the recent mussel invasion of Lake Michigan. This type of…
Read MoreHelminths and the Hygiene Hypothesis
Full free text on when to introduce medicinal helminths. “The ‘hygiene hypothesis’ takes a number of forms which are not exclusive, but have yet to be articulated as a unifying concept. An inverse relationship between parasite infection and immune disorders was first suggested by Greenwood, who noted the low incidence of rheumatoid arthritis in…
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