How does acupuncture increase immunity?
Acupuncture functions to increase immunity by restoring your energy to a state of harmony or balance. An energetically balanced body has enough wei qi flowing on the surface of the body to keep the exterior of the body “closed” to pathogens that get in through the skin. If only one organ is out of balance (and that is rarely the case in the real, clinical world) it starts a domino effect, upsetting the balance between it’s linked, husband/wife, yin/yang paired organ, which then affects the balance of the next of the six paired organs, and on down the line. Acupuncture is an excellent preventive medicine; if you put the energy into maintaining balance, breakdowns rarely occur.
