[Acupuncture - has it a demonstrable bronchospasmolytic effect in bronchial asthma (author's transl)].
In 12 patients with bronchial asthma the effects of acupuncture (45 tests altogether) on airway resistance have been investigated. In 9 patients there was a significant decrease of airway resistance 10 minutes, 1 hour and 2 hours after the end of acupuncture. The lowest level for airway resistance (70,1% of control value) was reached during the first hour after acupuncture. The possibility of a merely suggestive effect could be excluded, because "placebo-acupunctures" did not change airway resistance significantly. The comparison with a parasympatholytic acting drug as a metered aerosol (Atrovent) demonstrated that acupuncture had a some-what weaker bronchospasmolytic effect. 3 patients showed after repeated acupunctures no reaction whatever.
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000336:Aerosols; D000368:Aged; D000403:Airway Resistance / Q000187:drug effects; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010276:Parasympatholytics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010919:Placebos; D013997:Time Factors
D000336:Aerosols; D010276:Parasympatholytics; D010919:Placebos
Hat Akupunktur einen nachweisbaren broncho-spasmolytischen Effekt beim Asthma bronchiale?