First emphasis is on the immune system and to conserve or generating energy. Herbs are used to support immune functions. Generally, a low stress diet is emphasized to conserve the energy that goes into digestion. Acupuncture, herbs and diet reinforce each other.
Acupuncture reprograms the body and the herbs support that reprogramming.
Chinese Medicine practitioners suggest that immune system can be improved by working on the way the body produces energy from protein. Immune system and the body's production of energy are closely related. Your body is deprived of the energy because your immune system is using all the ATP and it has shifted the use of ATP to the immune system for the production of antibodies. You feel very tired. Very often, the patients are advised to undergo allergy testing before acupuncture treatment.