TREATMENT OF 42 CASES OF ASTHMA WITH ACUPUNCTURE PLUS DRUG-CAKE MOXIBUSTION

In the present paper, 42 cases of asthma patients were treated with acupuncture anddrug-cake moxibustion at Dazhui (GV 14), Feishu (BL 13), Jueyinshu (BL 14), etc.. After treatment, of the 42 cases, 10 (23. 8 % ) had controlled their symptoms, 15 (35. 7 % ) experienced markedimprovement, l3 (31. 0 % ) had improvement and 4 (9. 5 % ) had not any effect, with the effectiverate of 90. 5 %.