Even something as seemingly benign as a bath or an elective surgery or dental procedure will reduce body temperature, a stress which can
also inhibit the immune system.
Apparently, cannabis and its compounds can
inhibit immune system pro inflammatory (and pro acne) chemicals directly and promote production of chemicals which regulate the immune system.
The conventional approach is to block, antagonize, suppress and
inhibit the immune system with drugs; whereas the Functional Medicine approach is to get a thorough history of the person's health, because everything in the body is connected, in order to find the root underlying cause of their symptoms — and of their autoimmune disease.
Rutin is commonly incorporated into some anti-allergy preparations designed to relieve asthma and hay fever symptoms, since it can
inhibit the immune system chemical called histamine which is responsible for them.
One approach uses an antibody called ipilimumab, which may block a molecule that
inhibits the immune system.
Dr Hughes says there is much research into IBS to show its links with stress, and it is known that cortisol and stress hormones can
inhibit the immune system.
Alfalfa seeds are a controversial plant to sprout as they contain canavanine, which some sources say are harmful to humans because it can
inhibit the immune system.
Stress releases cortisol, a hormone that causes inflammation, which slows your ability to digest and
inhibits your immune system.
Prior IBS research links another mechanism, stress, to IBS because cortisol and stress hormones can
inhibit the immune system.
Raw alfalfa sprouts are mildly toxic and
inhibit the immune system.
Typical treatment for these disorders is corticosteroids to
inhibit the immune system.