A Traditional Chinese Medicine Characteristic Therapy for Bronchial Asthma: Moxibustion

Summary

This protocol presents a curative procedure of moxibustion in treating patients with bronchial asthma.

Abstract

Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airway which can lead to symptoms such as recurrent wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, or cough, as a result of increased airway reactivity. With high diurnal variation, these symptoms often occur or worsen at night or in the morning. By burning and roasting the Chinese medica above human acupoints, moxibustion is a type of treatment that stimulates the activity of the human meridians through drugs and heat stimulation to prevent and treat diseases. According to the principle of syndrome differentiation and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, acupoints are selected on the corresponding parts, which has a definite effect. It is regarded as a characteristic traditional Chinese medicine therapy for bronchial asthma. This protocol elaborates the methods and steps of patient management, material preparation, selection of acupoints, operation, and postoperative nursing to ensure safe and effective moxibustion treatment to significantly improve the clinical symptoms and quality of life of patients with bronchial asthma.

Introduction

The protocol presented here demonstrates the operation of moxibustion in treating bronchial asthma in terms of patient management, material preparation, acupoint selection, operation, and postoperative nursing. The purpose of this protocol is to control the symptoms of patients with bronchial asthma and improve lung function by moxibustion.

Acupuncture and moxibustion are important components of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Concerning bronchial asthma, acupuncture and moxibustion have accumulated extensive clinical experience in treatments, and moxibustion in particular has shown unique advantages^1,....

Protocol

The clinical trial has been approved by the Approval Committee of the Respiratory Department of the Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (No. KY2022022). In this study, the diagnostic criteria of bronchial asthma refer to the Guidelines for Bronchial Asthma Prevent and Management (2020 edition)⁸ and TCM operations refer to the Criteria of Diagnosis and Therapeutic Effect of Diseases and Syndromes in Traditional Chinese Medicine¹⁵. The ty.......

Discussion

The airway inflammation caused by bronchial asthma is a cascade immune response involving various immune cells, cytokines, and inflammatory mediators¹⁹. Bronchial biopsies of asthmatic patients show the presence of eosinophils, activated mast cells, and Th2 cell-based T cell infiltration²⁰. Pulmonary function indexes FEV1 and PEF reflect the severity of airway obstruction, and are the most commonly used indexes for objectively judging and evaluating the condition of asthma<.......

Materials

Name	Company	Catalog Number	Comments
Forceps	Shandong Weigao Group MEDICAL Polymer Co., Ltd.	Shandong Medical Device Registration Certificate: No.20182640148
Gauze	Shandong Angyang Medical Co.,Ltd	Shandong Medical Device Registration Certificate: No.20152140569
Lighter	Ningbo Qiant Technology Co., Ltd	Chaofan-CF-1
Moxa Stick	Nanjing Tongrentang Lejialaopu Health Technology Co., Ltd	10028859806337
Surgical Curved Plate	Yuekang Hardware Medical Instrument Factory, Caitang Town, Chao'an District, Chaozhou City	Medium Size