Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi. 1996 Dec; 16(12): 709-12.

[Clinical and experimental studies on preventing and treating anaphylactic asthma with Zusanli point immunotherapy]

Chen LL, Li AS, Tao JN.

Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou.

We have studied on preventing and treating anaphylactic asthma with Zusanli (S36) point immunotherapy (ZPIT). Sixty-nine patients were observed. The results showed that the clinical curative effect of ZPIT was not only much higher than that of conventional desensitization therapy, but also the patients' total IgE level was reduced, anti-acarid IgE was lowered, SIgA level was raised, the absolute eosinophilic granulocyte level dropped and pulmonary function recovered. Animal experiment results showed that the ZPIT could more effectively suppress the guinea pigs' anaphylactic asthma allergized by albumin and more obviously resist the guinea pigs' bronchial spasm induced by histamine and acetylcholine than the conventional desensitization therapy and injected normal saline. The immunomodulating action of the ZPIT are elucidated from clinical study and animal experiment in the paper.