Liao Min-fang1 Wang Zhu-jun2 Chen Yi-wen3 Zhang Ya-pure4 Shen Yi-ying2*
1Department of Chinese Medicine, Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
2Department of Chinese Medicine, Kuanshan Tzu Chi, Taitung, Taiwan
3De Rui Chinese medicine clinic, New North City, Taiwan
4Ji’an Chinese medicine clinic, New North City, Taiwan
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Asthma is a chronic respiratory inflammation, the main performance is bronchial spasm, accompanied by paroxysmal exhalation difficulties and wheezing, also known as asthma. This case is a 53-year-old female patients suffering from asthma from childhood, nearly 2 years due to asthma attack admitted to intensive care unit.To the hospital department of medicine for treatment,she was in the onset of asthma, the symptoms of difficulty breathing, so that could not lie down sleep, chest tightness, coughing with yellow and viscous putum,accompanied by constipation and oilguria.Thoracic deformity and thoracic fascia tight was caused by long-term asthma,accompanied by sternocleidomastoid muscle swelling hard, neck swelling, thoracic hyperplasia, sternal swollen. After three visits, the symptoms and frequency of asthma episodes were significantly improved and the dependence on inhalants was reduced. Relieving the secondary symptoms first in treating acute disease, relieving the primary symptoms in treating chronic disease.
We used traditional chinese medicine to reduce sputum, remove heat to restore lung function.We used acupuncture to adjust the fascia changed by chronic illness, so that the structure was returned to normal, difficulty of breathing was reduced, circulation of qi and blood was smooth.We provided a new thinking of treating asthma in chinese medicine by cupping therapy,bloodletting therapy, etc.
Keywords: Asthma, Promoting blood circulation for removing blood stasis, Cupping therapy, Bloodletting therapy, Sparse liver soup
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