W. Zwolfer et al., BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF ACUPUNCTURE ON ADULT PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA-BRONCHIALE, The American journal of Chinese medicine, 21(2), 1993, pp. 113-117
In a retrospective study 17 patients with long-standing history of ast
hma bronchiale were treated with acupuncture at the outpatient unit of
the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care in the University Ho
spital of Vienna. The subjective effectiveness of the treatment was de
termined using a standard questionnaire, which was sent to the patient
s' homes half a year after starting acupuncture treatment. Over 70 % o
f our patients reported a significant improvement of their ailments af
ter ten weeks of treatment as well as half a year after starting acupu
ncture.