title: [Multi-central clinical valuation of SHAO's "five needling methods" for treatment of asthma of deficiency of lung and spleen].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To make multi-central clinical valuation of SHAO's "five needling methods" for treatment of asthma of deficiency of lung and spleen.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred and ten cases were randomly divided into a test group and a control group, 105 cases in each group. The test group were treated with SHAO's "five needling methods", with Feishu (BL 13), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12) selected; the control group were treated with routine needling method, with Dingchuan (EX-B 1), Gaohuang (BL 43), Feishu (BL 13), Taiyuan (LU 9), Pishu (BL 20), etc. selected. The treatment in the two groups was given once each day, for 4 weeks, with one-day interval each 6-consecutive day.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fourteen cases were clinically cured, 42 cases were markedly effective, 32 cases were effective and 6 cases were ineffective in the test group with an effective rate of 93.6%; and 8, 30, 41 and 13 cases in the control group, respectively, with an effective rate of 85.9%, with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05). After treatment, the symptoms and signs, pulmonary function in the test group were better than those in the control group (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SHAO's "five needling methods" has significant therapeutic effect for treatment of asthma of deficiency of lung and spleen, which is better than that of the routine needling method.
authors: Third Affiliated Hospital of Henan College of TCM, Zhengzhou 450008, China. shaosuju@sina.com
authors: Su-Ju
authors: SJ
authors: Shao
authors: Xiao-Yong
authors: XY
authors: Qin
authors: Xi-Yan
authors: XY
authors: Gao
authors: Shu-Fan
authors: SF
authors: Wang
authors: Jun-Fu
authors: JF
authors: Wang
authors: Su-Xia
authors: SX
authors: Shao
authors: Hui-Chao
authors: HC
authors: Li
authors: Zhong
authors: Z
authors: Ren
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged