https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200812115315.htm
Really early stage of research, but interesting, if it can be independently verified.
Really early stage of research, but interesting, if it can be independently verified.
The team began by giving mice 15-minute electroacupuncture at 3 mA, at a specific site on the abdomen. This acupoint, dubbed ST25, has been associated with nerves of the spleen, which is a major organ involved in immune responses.
The team then simulated life-threatening inflammation by injecting mice with a compound called lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The researchers found that in animals treated using electroacupuncture before LPS administration, the serum levels of pro-inflammatory molecules were significantly lower than they were in control mice, and the electroacupuncture-treated animals’ survival rates also more than doubled.
However, when the team gave mice the electroacupuncture after the LPS shot, the electroacupuncture-treated mice had much greater inflammation than those that were untreated, and did not survive.