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Tai Chi: A study in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society found that tai chi boosts immuni- ty to the varicella zoster virus. In
a randomized trial of 112 healthy adults, one group did tai chi for 25 weeks while another received health education. Af- ter 16 weeks all were vaccinated with VARIVAX, the live, attenuated Oka/ Merck varicella zoster virus vaccine. Results showed the tai chi group had nearly twice the levels of cell-me- diated immunity to the virus compared to the control group; tai chi alone increased immunity about as much as the shingles vaccine plus yielded significant improvements in physical functioning, bodily pain, vitality and mental health. In a University of California-Los
Angeles study, 36 men and women over 60 were assigned either to a tai chi or control group. For 15 weeks, the tai chi practitioners received three, 45-minute instruction classes a week; their cell- mediated immunity to the varicella zoster virus rose 50 percent plus they experienced significant improvements in physical functioning.
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Light Therapy: In a study pub- lished in Photodermatology, Photoimmunology & Photo- medicine, 25 patients with
severe pain in the first week of zoster rash were divided into a prevention group (receiving the drug acyclovir for 10 days, plus UVB light therapy three times a week until pain relief was reached or a maximum of 15 ses- sions); a control group received just the drug.
After one month, 58.3 percent of
the light therapy patients were pain- free, compared to 38.5 percent of the drug group. At three months, the ratios rose to 83.3 percent versus 53.8. The researchers concluded that UVB pho- totherapy in the acute stage of shingles might reduce the incidence and sever- ity of lingering neuralgia.
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