Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital of Chengdu, University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, People's Hospital of Xinjin District.
J Vis Exp. 2024 May 10(207). doi: 10.3791/66188.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major public health problem. Due to the restriction of expiratory airflow, it is characterized by emphysematous destruction of the lungs. Shortness of breath is one of the main clinical symptoms. Auricular acupressure is a clinical therapy characteristic of Chinese medicine that treats the disease by compressing ear points. Usually, the seeds of Vaccaria segetalis are used to stimulate ear points, which has the effect of regulating qi and alleviating wheezing. In this paper, we propose this characteristic therapy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for the clinical symptoms of wheezing of lung and kidney qi deficiency type in stable COPD patients. Ear points are selected as the treatment protocol for Lung (CO14), Spleen (CO13), Kidney (CO10), Shen Men (TF4), and Ping Chuan (AT1.2.4i) points. The protocol describes a case study using auricular acupressure for a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to relieve wheezing symptoms.
慢性阻塞性肺疾病（COPD）是一个主要的公共卫生问题。由于呼气气流受限，其特征是肺部出现气肿性破坏。呼吸困难是主要的临床症状之一。耳压是一种中医临床治疗方法，通过按压耳穴来治疗疾病。通常使用王不留行籽刺激耳穴，具有调气平喘的作用。本文针对稳定期 COPD 患者肺肾气虚型的喘息临床症状，提出了这种中医特色疗法。选取肺（CO14）、脾（CO13）、肾（CO10）、神门（TF4）和平喘（AT1.2.4i）等穴位作为治疗方案。该方案描述了使用耳压治疗慢性阻塞性肺疾病患者缓解喘息症状的案例研究。
