Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult. 2001 Jan-Feb; (1): 23-5.

[Use of traditional methods in medicine for treating moderately severe bronchial asthma]

Tarnuev VA, RadzievskiÄ SA, Kukes VG, Semenova LG.

Minor therapeutic "cups" bloodletting, a variety of little known in Russia but conventional in China method, was compared in efficiency to chemotherapy, acupuncture and phytotherapy in allergic and non-allergic forms of bronchial asthma. The bloodletting alone or in combination with acupuncture and phytotherapy stabilizes the course of asthma and prevents asthmatic attacks, reduces routine doses of necessary broncholytics and glucocorticosteroids.