Bronchial asthma is a kind of common chronic intractable disease of repeated attacks. In recent years, the morbidity and mortality of asthma are increasing in the world. At present, about 150 to 200 million people suf...Bronchial asthma is a kind of common chronic intractable disease of repeated attacks. In recent years, the morbidity and mortality of asthma are increasing in the world. At present, about 150 to 200 million people suffer from this disease globally and about 180 000 people are died of asthma annually. Hence, the prevention and treatment of asthma have drawn the global attentionstI1. From 2008 to 2010, the writer was under the mission of China＇s foreign medical aid in Vanuatus, one of the South Pacific Island Nations. Based on the theory of ＂the medical measure for the prevention of disease＂ in Chinese medicine, acupuncture and cupping therapy were applied to treat 60 cases of bronchial asthma. The report is as follows.展开更多
文摘Bronchial asthma is a kind of common chronic intractable disease of repeated attacks. In recent years, the morbidity and mortality of asthma are increasing in the world. At present, about 150 to 200 million people suffer from this disease globally and about 180 000 people are died of asthma annually. Hence, the prevention and treatment of asthma have drawn the global attentionstI1. From 2008 to 2010, the writer was under the mission of China＇s foreign medical aid in Vanuatus, one of the South Pacific Island Nations. Based on the theory of ＂the medical measure for the prevention of disease＂ in Chinese medicine, acupuncture and cupping therapy were applied to treat 60 cases of bronchial asthma. The report is as follows.
