J Tradit Chin Med. 1999 Jun; 19(2): 115-7.

Twenty-three cases of atrophic rhinitis treated by deep puncture at three points in the nasal region.

Yang J, Zhang Q.

Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Anhui College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei.

Atrophic rhinitis is a disease which manifests itself mainly by anosmia due to dryness and atrophy of the nasal mucosa. There is no specific therapy for the disease at present. In the past few years, 23 cases of atrophic rhinitis were treated mainly by deep puncture at three points in the nasal region with satisfactory results. In order to find out the functional changes of the nasal mucosa, the mucociliary transport rate (MTR), surface temperature of the conchal mucosa, acid-base scale of nasal secretion, and volume of nasal secretion were determined before and after the treatment.