Acupuncture and Bronchial Asthma

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Abstract
Patients (17) with stable bronchial asthma were randomly assigned to receive either correct acupuncture or placebo acupuncture. The study lasted 11 wk and consisted of a pretherapy, therapy and posttherapy period. The patients received 10 treatments during 5 wk. The effect of therapy on pulmonary function was assessed daily by the patients at home. Morning and evening peak expiratory flow rate, number of puffs .beta.2-agonist [isoproterenol] aerosol needed, as well as subjective symptoms of asthma were recorded in a dairy. The correctly treated group improved significantly throughout the study. Compared with the placebo group, a significant improvement was found in all assessed parameters 2 wk after beginning therapy. Hereafter, no differences could be shown.