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Acupuncture for bronchial asthma?
Author(s) -
Tandon Maharaj K,
Wood Andrew T,
Soh Phillip F T
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1991.tb121134.x
Subject(s) - placebo , acupuncture , medicine , asthma , crossover study , anesthesia , pulmonary function testing , physical therapy , alternative medicine , pathology
The therapeutic effectiveness of classic Chinese acupuncture was compared with “placebo” acupuncture in 15 patients with stable bronchial asthma. The patients received treatments with real and placebo acupuncture in a randomly ordered, subject and evaluator‐blind crossover fashion twice weekly for five weeks. Both real and placebo treatment periods were preceded by three week periods when no acupuncture was administered. Five patients felt better on real treatment, five patients preferred placebo and five did not feel any improvement on either of the two treatments. Treatment with real acupuncture when compared with no treatment and placebo treatment failed to provide any improvement in daily peak flow rates, asthma symptom scores, number of puffs of /3z‐agonist aerosol use, and pulmonary function results.