REGULATORY EFFECT OF CYTOKINE PRODUCTION IN ASTHMA PATIENTS BY SOOJI CHIM (KORYO HAND ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY)

• Published in: Immunopharmacology and immunotoxicology Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 265 - 274
• Main Authors: Jeong, Hyun-Ja, Kim, Bong-Suk, Kim, Kyung-Suk, Kim, Hyung-Min
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Monticello, NY Informa UK Ltd 01.01.2002; Taylor & Francis; Dekker
• Subjects: Acupuncture Therapy - methods; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Asthma - immunology; Asthma - therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Case-Control Studies; Cytokines - biosynthesis; Cytokines - blood; Female; Hand; Humans; Immunomodulators; Interferon-gamma - blood; Interleukin-2 - blood; Interleukin-4 - blood; Interleukin-6 - blood; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Th1 Cells - immunology; Th2 Cells - immunology; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - biosynthesis; Asia; South Korea; Korea; Human; Immune response; Respiratory disease; Immunomodulation; Cytokine; Th1 lymphocyte; Cellular immunity; Inflammation; Hand; Asthma; Immunosuppression; Treatment; Th2 lymphocyte; Obstructive pulmonary disease; Acupuncture

ABSTRACT Acupuncture has become quite familiar to many Koreans not only for pain, but also for many other health problems, both in acute and chronic conditions. Actually, acupuncture is a therapeutic technique that is part of a larger system of traditional oriental medicine. There are several styles...