[Clinical study on effect of acupoint sticking of chuanfuling in dog-days in preventing and treating children asthma in remission stage].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the effect and mechanism of acupoint sticking of Chuanfuling (CFL) in dog-days (the hottest periods of the year) in preventing and treating children asthma in remission stage.


METHODS
Ninety patients were divided into three groups, 30 in each. Patients in the CFL group were treated with CFL sticking, in the Western medicine (WM) group treated with Pulmicort inhalation, and in the control group was untreated. The clinical effect and indexes of humoral immunity (IgE, IgA, IgG) and cellular immunity (Eos, IL-4, IFN-gamma) before and after treatment were observed.


RESULTS
After treatment in the CFL group all the immune parameters were significantly improved (P<0.05 or P<0.01), all were better than those in the control group (P<0.05 or P<0.01), and the effect on IgA and IgG was better than that in the WM group. In the WM group after treatment, improvement was shown on the IgE and cellular immune parameters with signifian difference (P<0.05 or P<0.01), better than those in the control group (P<0.05 or P<0.01). Besides, significant difference was shown in comparing IL-4 level between the WM group and the CFL group (P<0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
CFL sticking in dog-days could significantly improve the immune function in children with asthma to alleviate and control the attack.
Department of Pediatrics, First People's Hospital, Jingzhou City, Hubei 434000.
Yu-lan
YL
Li
Fei
F
Luo
Jing-ying
JY
Zhang
Changyu
C
Liu
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000097:blood; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008517:Phytotherapy; D012621:Seasons
D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D015847:Interleukin-4; D007073:Immunoglobulin E