Effect of Acupuncture on cancer and immune function when no chemotherapy or radiation involved

Chen, Tzu and Yen, Chiu. Acupuncture Research, “Effect of acupuncture on T-lymphocyte and its subsets from the peripheral blood of patients with malignant neoplasm” 1993, 18(3) : 174-7. Language: Chinese , from acupuncture.com

From our study we believe that acupuncture can be used as one of the many treatments for patients with cancer.

Effect of acupuncture on T-lymphocyte and its subsets from the peripheral blood of patients with malignant neoplasm.
Effect of acupuncture on the T-lymphocyte and its subsets from the peripheral blood of patients with malignant neoplasm has been researched in this study. 51 patients were divided into two groups: one in acupuncture treatment and the other without any treatment. 48 healthy adults were also studied as normal control group.
The results showed that the percentages of OKT3+, OKT4+, OKT8+ cells in the peripheral blood of the 51 patients were lower than those of the normal adults respectively. After the acupuncture treatment, the percentages of OKT3+, OKT4+, OKT8+ cells were obviously higher than those before acupuncture; the control group of patients showed no significant variation. This result revealed that acupuncture seemed to have more affect on OKT4+ cells than on OKT8+ cells.