asthma(chronic duration)
Conditions
Interventions
A:heat-sensitive moxibustion (intervention group)
B:seretide (control group)
Sponsors
Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicines
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All must meet the following six criteria: 1. Meet the diagnostic criteria of bronchial asthma in Western medcine; 2. Asthma is at a chronic duration stage and severity is at 2, 3 grade; 3. Heat-sensitivity appears within the two outer lateral lines of dorsal Bladder Meridian of Foot-Taiyang, the area between the two horizontal lines of feishu and geshu, 6 inch outer the first and second rib gap of anterior chest; 4. Aged 18 to 65 years old; 5. The patients have normal sensorium, can express the moxibustion sense correctly and cooperate; 6. Participate in this study voluntarily and sign informed consent book.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: With one of the following items should not be included in this study; 1. The patients have the other diseases that also cause breathlessness or dyspnea,such as bronchiectasis, cor pulmonale, pulmonary fibrosis, tuberculosis, pulmonary abscess, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and so on; 2. Pregnant or breast-feeding women; 3. Complicated with serious life-threatening diseases, such as heart and brain blood vessels, liver, kidney and hematopoietic system disease and psychotic patients; 4. Hormone dependence type patients, or the people who used systemic adrenal cortical hormone (intravenous, intramuscular injection, subcutaneous injection andoral administration)within 4 weeks before recruiting.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| pulmonary function test;asthmatic symptom scores;asthma attack frequency; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactRixin Chen
Outcome results
None listed