The treatment of asthma is divided into the exacerbation and remission periods. In the exacerbation period, western medicine mainly uses bronchial antispasmodics such as terbutaline, salbutamol, and Bolicam, and adds anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic drugs and antibiotics according to the condition and triggering factors; in the remission period, prolonged inhalation treatment with a combination of hormones and β2-R agonists is used to improve airway inflammation. Due to parents’ concern about the side effects of hormones, “hormones are a pity” often makes it difficult to complete the preventive treatment during the remission period. Xing Xianghui, Department of Pediatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Chinese medicine has obvious advantages in treating asthma: According to Chinese medicine, the main mechanism of asthma is the deficiency of the three organs of lung, spleen and kidney (weakness of the body), and the internal volatile phlegm. In the remission period, the main treatment is to nourish the three organs of lung, spleen and kidney, and to support the root, so as to improve the physical condition, eradicate phlegm, reduce recurrent respiratory tract infections, eliminate the triggering factors, and completely eliminate airway inflammation, so as to finally achieve the purpose of reducing the attacks and curing asthma.
In the remission period of asthma, our department mostly adopts evidence-based treatment, and selects prescriptions according to the evidence of lung qi deficiency, lung spleen qi deficiency, spleen and kidney yang deficiency, lung and kidney yin deficiency, etc., and makes pills, powder or soup, and takes them according to the course of treatment, which has achieved remarkable efficacy in improving the physical condition of children, enhancing immunity, improving lung function, preventing colds, reducing asthma attacks and relieving symptoms, etc. It shows that asthma can be prevented and treated, and active prevention and treatment during the remission period is The effective way to cure asthma.
It is based on the principle of “Heaven and man correspond to each other” and “Spring and summer nourish the yang” in “Su Wen – The Four Qi Regulating the Gods”. Under the guidance of the holistic concept and meridian theory of TCM, the medicine is applied to the acupuncture points of human body during the three volt days in summer to warm up the yang energy of human body, and when the yang energy is strong, the phlegm and beverages will go away, so as to encourage the positive energy and increase the ability to resist diseases, thus achieving the purpose of disease prevention and treatment. The application of our department for many years shows that acupuncture point compressing therapy has the effect of regulating the function of internal organs, promoting the balance of yin and yang, enhancing the immunity of the body, reducing the number of asthma attacks and the degree of attacks, and continuous compressing for three years can achieve a more consolidated effect.