RE: Joe and Stephan- Kidney failure

[Guest guest]

Thanks for that.

You both seem to be in agreement that " Acupuncture will not override the

effects of immunosuppressant drugs " , or that, as you said Joe, because there

is no direct equivalence to the immune Sx in TCM, we cannot deduce that the

immune Sx is strengthened. This is my understanding as well, but I obviously

want to be very careful with this and would like a little more assurance

from your expertise.

There have been many trials which have measured red and white blood cell

count before and after needling points like St36 which from a TCM

perspective, as we know, tonify Qi and Blood. The results of these tests

show an elevated level of both red and white blood cells after Tx. Although

I know we can't equate anything specifically with the western idea of the

immune Sx, these results would indeed indicate that we are potentially

enhancing immune response. And so my doubts still remain I'm afraid about

the safety of treatment when taking immunosuppressants....

 

????

 

Jason