Monthly Archives: July 2011

An article in the journal Mediators of Inflammation, “Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture” [1] outlines various ways one essential mechanism of acupuncture may stimulate the body’s inflammatory and anti-inflammatory activities.

Puncture by an acupuncture needle mobilizes the body’s own defenses, improves blood flow to organs, activates cell growth, and influences the movement of substances in and out of cells. Among the

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