Abstract
Psoriasis is a long-lasting autoimmune disease, in which there is currently no cure available. We are reporting a case of a patient who suffered from psoriasis vulgaris for 20 years and the problem has been successfully treated by acupoint injection of autologous blood. The autologous blood acupuncture was applied every other day for 3 times, the itch relieved; the patient received the treatment 1-2 times a week for the next 6 months, and all of the psoriasis skin plaques vanished. After that, the treatment has been applied monthly, no relapse has been observed for more than 1 year so far. Although the treatment is not regularly applied, it is reported effective for many inflammation and inflammatory related diseases. The mechanism of this treatment is unclear. Besides the action of acupoints stimulated, inflammation reaction is aroused by autologous blood injected at the acupoints location. We hypothesized its exposure of autoantigens of blood components, and regulation of autoimmune reaction in psoriasis to a new immune homeostasis state.
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