[Multi-central clinical valuation of SHAO's "five needling methods" for treatment of asthma of deficiency of lung and spleen].
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.
Shao
Su-Ju
SJ
Third Affiliated Hospital of Henan College of TCM, Zhengzhou 450008, China. shaosuju@sina.com
Qin
Xiao-Yong
XY
Gao
Xi-Yan
XY
Wang
Shu-Fan
SF
Wang
Jun-Fu
JF
Shao
Su-Xia
SX
Li
Hui-Chao
HC
Ren
Zhong
Z
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