Asthma cases
After 2 years of occidental medicine treatment with bronchodilators, antinflamatories, twice a day therapy and two tablets of singulair. Acupuncture treatment was administered and all medication was removed, pulmonary function test showed an increase of FV1 by 18 %.. After a year of acupuncture treatment twice a week, no atacks have been expirienced and no medication taken. For QA, Qc and validation, pulmonary function test have been performed every two months and stability of the condition has prevailed according to results. This patient has suffered in the past acute chemical pneumonia, acute asthma and chronic bronchitis due to exposure during his career. MRI were performed prior to acupuncture were a brochio spasm was diagnosed, and no response to albuterol aerosols was obtained. Acupunture treatment has been the following: L-7.L1,L2,St.40 twice every two days for a month initially and same treatment twice a week for a year as maintenance therapy with the reported results.
Moxa has been applied occasionally as alternate to acupuncture in L1, L2. Agustin A. Ruiz-Guardiola studied acupuncture in the school of medicine, and has been treating myself, I am the patient. By profession ,Chemist speciallized in critical raw materials and toxic chemicals. Expert in handling chlorine leaks and other chemicals.
Effectiveness and safety of heat-sensitive moxibustion on bronchial asthma: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
JTCM Feb 2015 (This article is not available for download Photocopy delivered by post)”
Regulatory effects of stage-treatment with established Chinese herbal formulas on inflammatory mediators in pediatric asthma
JTCM June 2014
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Effect of “yang-warming and kidney essence-replenishing” herbal paste on cold-related asthma exacerbation
JTCM February 2014 (This article is not available for download. Photocopy delivered by post)
Curative effect of heat-sensitive moxibustion on chronic persistent asthma: a multicentre randomized controlled trial
JTCM February 2014 (This article is not available for download. Photocopy delivered by post)
The infrared radiation spectrum of acupoint Taiyuan (LU-9) in asthma patients
JTCM February 2013 (This article is not available for download Photocopy delivered by post)
Strategies for Pediatric Asthma from Perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Journal of the Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine 16(2)2009
The Understanding of Asthma and Its Treatment in the History of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Journal of the Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine 18(1)2011
Clinical research of acupoint application for “treatment of winter disease in summer” used to prevent and treat bronchial asthma in children,
JTCM October 2012 (This article is not available for download. Photocopy delivered by post)
Systematic review of randomized controlled trials of traditional Chinese medicine treatment of non-acute bronchial asthma complicated by gastroesophageal reflux
JTCM October 2012 (This article is not available for download. Photocopy delivered by post)
TCM differential treatment of cough variant asthma
JTCM March 2010
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