Clinical observation on acupuncture plus acupoint sticking for bronchial asthma in remissive state
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Title
Clinical observation on acupuncture plus acupoint sticking for bronchial asthma in remissive state
Description
J Acupunct Tuina Sci (2013), Xu, Wei-Si;Zhang, Bi-meng;Zhou, Jun-mei;Hu, Zhi-hai;Pan, Chao-an;Wang, Yi;Shou, Yin;Yang, Yang;Liu, Miao-miao
Abstract
Objective—To observe the clinical efficacy of acupuncture plus acupoint sticking for bronchial asthma in remissive state. Methods—A total of 210 cases with asthma at remissive state were randomly allocated into an acupuncture group of 100 cases and a comprehensive therapy group of 110 cases. Cases in the acupuncture group were treated with acupuncture alone, and cases in the comprehensive therapy group were treated with acupuncture plus acupoint sticking therapy. Then the therapeutic efficacies were compared using observation indexes including wheezing, cough and coughing up phlegm, peak expiratory flow (PEF) and forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1). In addition, the overall therapeutic efficacies were also analyzed on different traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) patterns. Results—The comprehensive therapy obtained better effects than acupuncture alone in alleviating cough and coughing up phlegm and improving PEF and FEV1; the overall efficacies on asthma due to lung-qi deficiency and spleen-qi deficiency were better than those on asthma due to kidney-qi deficiency. Conclusion—Acupuncture plus acupoint sticking is a convenient and effective therapy for asthma at remissive state and therefore worthy of being popularized.
Alternative Title
J Acupunct Tuina Sci
Date
Language
English
issn
1672-3597
issue
5
page end
330
page start
326
volume
11