Acupuncture or help to ease copd symptoms

China's traditional Chinese medicine reported

        A Japanese research team in the archives of web site published said, they perform small clinical trial to show, acupuncture may help ease chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) patients difficulty breathing symptoms.

        The researchers will 68 have difficulty breathing symptoms of copd patients were randomly divided into two groups, one group of patients who received acupuncture every week, acupuncture parts of the arm, back, chest, and legs may and asthma and other lung diseases points, the control group is accept virtual acupuncture treatment, practically no needle pierced their skin. In the 12 weeks of trial period, two groups of patients continued to take after take has set up a file in the copd drugs.

        Before starting treatment and after treatment, and patients are 6 minutes of walking tests, the researchers accordingly in the measure time walking distance, and use the instrument measuring their breathing. In CeLiangBiao, 0 (breathing is good, 10 represent serious difficulty breathing. The data shows, accept acupuncture treatment of patients with average numerical by the original 5.5 fell to 1.9 from, the average walking distance is 370 meters by up to 440 m; The control group, the relevant data and walking distance are without too much change.

        The current copd typical therapy including steroids, bronchiectasis drugs and breathing exercises. The researchers say, need more mass of long-term research to further validation of acupuncture and moxibustion copd patients benefit. (RenHaiJun)