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Clinical observation on acupuncture plus acupoint sticking for bronchial asthma in remissive state

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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.

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  1. Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China

    Si-wei Xu

  2. The First People’s Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200080, China

    Si-wei Xu, Bi-meng Zhang, Jun-mei Zhou, Yin Shou, Yang Yang & Miao-miao Liu

  3. Shanghai Hospital of Integrated, Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai, 200082, China

    Zhi-hai Hu & Yi Wang

  4. Ledu Hospital of Songjiang District, Shanghai, 201600, China

    Chao-an Pan

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Xu, Sw., Zhang, Bm., Zhou, Jm. et al. Clinical observation on acupuncture plus acupoint sticking for bronchial asthma in remissive state. J. Acupunct. Tuina. Sci. 11, 326–330 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11726-013-0720-3

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