In recent years, with the establishment of the theory of air passage inflammation concerning the pathologic mechanism of asthma, the glucocorticoid hormone (referred to hereafter only as hormone for short), a strong i...In recent years, with the establishment of the theory of air passage inflammation concerning the pathologic mechanism of asthma, the glucocorticoid hormone (referred to hereafter only as hormone for short), a strong inflammation killer, has become a fundamental medication for treatment of asthma. However, long period of hormone administration will result in general side effects in the whole body as well as hormone dependence, which has now become a hard problem for physicians. Now a non-hormone medication of immunosuppressant has been chosen in western medicine to treat asthma as a replacement or partial replacement of hormone. Nevertheless, its therapeutic effect is not reliable and its side effects severe, hence hardly acceptable to patients. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) always adheres to the principle of holistic treatment and has a great advantage in the treatment of this disease. TCM doctors have made some trials and researches in this area and obtained some accomplishments. The following is a brief account of general researches on the treatment of asthma with TCM.展开更多
From the October of 1995 to the April of 1996, the author worked at Johnneit Hospital in Bramsche in the middle west of Germany. This is the first cooperation of Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy...From the October of 1995 to the April of 1996, the author worked at Johnneit Hospital in Bramsche in the middle west of Germany. This is the first cooperation of Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine with Germany in medicine, with a medical centre of acupuncture展开更多
文摘In recent years, with the establishment of the theory of air passage inflammation concerning the pathologic mechanism of asthma, the glucocorticoid hormone (referred to hereafter only as hormone for short), a strong inflammation killer, has become a fundamental medication for treatment of asthma. However, long period of hormone administration will result in general side effects in the whole body as well as hormone dependence, which has now become a hard problem for physicians. Now a non-hormone medication of immunosuppressant has been chosen in western medicine to treat asthma as a replacement or partial replacement of hormone. Nevertheless, its therapeutic effect is not reliable and its side effects severe, hence hardly acceptable to patients. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) always adheres to the principle of holistic treatment and has a great advantage in the treatment of this disease. TCM doctors have made some trials and researches in this area and obtained some accomplishments. The following is a brief account of general researches on the treatment of asthma with TCM.
文摘From the October of 1995 to the April of 1996, the author worked at Johnneit Hospital in Bramsche in the middle west of Germany. This is the first cooperation of Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine with Germany in medicine, with a medical centre of acupuncture
