Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult. 1995 May-Jun; (3): 10-2.

[An analysis of the acupuncture treatment results in bronchial asthma patients]

Aleksandrova RA, Nemtsov VI, Lan' PL, Sinitsina TM, Verkhovskaia VA, Goncharova VA, Bondarenko VL, Kozlov VG, Zagustina NA.

Treatment effects reached in 94 patients with bronchial asthma demonstrate that neurogenic, humoral and bioenergetic responses to acupuncture proceed according to adaptation laws and result in reduction of bronchial hyperreactivity. Eosinophilic inflammation in the bronchi diminishes acupuncture efficacy.