[Multicenter controlled study on transient asthma-stopping action of acupuncture at "Qingchuan point"].
OBJECTIVE
To test and verify the transient therapeutic effect of acupuncture at point "Qingchuan" on bronchial asthma.


METHODS
Two hundred cases of bronchial asthma at acute attack stage were divided into a trial group of 100 cases treated with acupuncture at point "Qingchuan" and a control group of 100 cases treated with acupuncture at Dingchuan (EX-B1).


RESULTS
The total effective rate was 92.60% and the effect occurred within 42-860 seconds after acupuncture in the trial group, and 81.0% and within 114-126 seconds in the control group, respectively, with very significant differences between the two groups (P < 0.01, P < 0.001).


CONCLUSIONS
Acupuncture at point "Qingchuan" can significantly improve asthmatic state in the patient of bronchial asthma with action of rapidly stopping asthma.
Cai
Zhi-Hong
ZH
Meihekou City Hospital of TCM, Jilin 135000, China. czh1958@126.com
Dong
Yu-Xiang
YX
Liu
Fang
F
Pan
Ying-Ping
YP
Gao
Yang
Y
Gao
Bo
B
Wang
Wei
W
Pan
Zhi-Wei
ZW
Chang
Feng-Qin
FQ
Piao
Xiang-Yu
XY
Zhang
Xiu-Juan
XJ
Han
Chun-Xia
CX
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans