Phytotherapy for autoimmune disease: a focus on multiple sclerosis.(Phytotherapy Review & Commentary) From: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients | Date: May 1, 2004| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2004 The Townsend Letter Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

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In a previous article published in the Townsend Letter I described an innovative multifactorial model for the development of autoimmune disease. (1) The implications of this model in terms of selecting herbal treatments were also discussed. The model, which can be described as a dual signal hypothesis, proposes two basic simultaneous requirements for the development of autoimmune disease. These are the primary lesion (the driver behind the attack on self which determines the site of the autoimmune reaction) and a state of immune dysregulation (an abnormal ...

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