Multicenter controlled study on transient asthma-stopping action of acupuncture at "Qingchuan point" / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To test and verify the transient therapeutic effect of acupuncture at point "Qingchuan" on bronchial asthma.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Two hundred cases of bronchial asthma at acute attack stage were divided into a trial group of 100 cases treated with acupuncture at point "Qingchuan" and a control group of 100 cases treated with acupuncture at Dingchuan (EX-B1).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total effective rate was 92.60% and the effect occurred within 42-860 seconds after acupuncture in the trial group, and 81.0% and within 114-126 seconds in the control group, respectively, with very significant differences between the two groups (P < 0.01, P < 0.001).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Acupuncture at point "Qingchuan" can significantly improve asthmatic state in the patient of bronchial asthma with action of rapidly stopping asthma.</p>