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Histamine Therapy
Histamine is a signaller normally found throughout the body. It is involved in the regulation of allergies, as well as a signaller for T-cell regulation. T-cells are immune cells that are responsible for immune memory (e.g. immunity from chicken-pox). T-cells are also responsible in part for auto-immune conditions (when the immune system attacks healthy tissue in the body). The strategy of administering small doses of histamine is meant to balance out the parts of the immune system that stimulates allergies or auto-immunity, and the parts of the immune system that keep the allergic or autoimmune reactions under control. Remember that the body is an amazing self-regulating machine.
Also, by giving histamine to the body in small doses, the body responds by slowing down the overproduction of histamine. You can imagine this concept is similar to the breaker switch in a fuse box. When there is an excess of electricity or an electrical hazard in a home, the breaker switches to the off position. Consequently, the power in the house is turned off. Similarly, the extra histamine in the body is turned off. The use of histamine, for example, stopped skin swelling and inflammation in ragweed-sensitive people when they were exposed to ragweed.
This exact concept in science is termed "auto-regulation". In fact, it is a basic principle taught in every medical school and in every general course in biochemistry, physiology, and genetics for how the body regulates it self.
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