Objective To observe the influence of acupuncture and moxibustion on humoral immunity and cellular immunity related indexes in patients with bra-chiocephalic Takayasu arteritis(BCTA),so as to explore its underlying mechanisms in the treatment of Takayasu arteritis(TA).Methods A total of 31 BCTA patients(9 men and 22 women at age of 16—70 years)were treated by manual acupuncture stimulation of main acupoint Renying(ST 9)and auxillary acupoints as Jiquan(HT 1),Chize(LU 5),Fengchi(GB 20),bilateral Xinshu(BL15)...