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Acupuncture in bronchial asthma.

Y M Joshi1

  • 1Bhatia General Hospital, Bombay.

The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
|May 1, 1992
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Acupuncture offers significant long-term relief for asthma, with modest objective and notable subjective improvements. Further research with standardized techniques is needed to confirm its efficacy and understand its mechanisms.

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Area of Science:

  • Integrative Medicine
  • Respiratory Medicine
  • Traditional Chinese Medicine

Background:

  • Acupuncture is increasingly used for managing bronchial asthma.
  • Existing clinical experience suggests a role for acupuncture in asthma management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture in treating bronchial asthma.
  • To highlight the need for standardized acupuncture techniques in clinical trials.
  • To explore the underlying mechanisms of acupuncture's effect on asthma.

Main Methods:

  • Review of clinical experience and controlled trials on acupuncture for bronchial asthma.
  • Analysis of variations in acupuncture techniques and methodologies across studies.
  • Discussion of proposed guidelines for technique standardization.

Main Results:

  • Acupuncture shows limited efficacy as a bronchodilator for acute asthma attacks.
  • Acupuncture demonstrates excellent long-term prophylactic effects for asthma.
  • Controlled trials indicate modest improvements in objective asthma parameters and significant subjective improvements.

Conclusions:

  • Acupuncture has a valuable prophylactic role in long-term asthma management.
  • Standardization of acupuncture techniques is crucial for future research to accurately quantify efficacy.
  • Investigating acupuncture's mechanisms may enhance understanding of asthma pathophysiology.