Abstract
Acupuncture has been clinically tried as one of the treatment of bronchial asthma.
SSP, silver spike point electrode, is characterized by the low frequent electric current, and has been used for the relief of pain.
We applied SSP for the treatment of the children's bronchial asthma and its effectiveness is checked by respiratory function test as well as acetylcholine inhalation test.
The mesults are as follows:
1) No change of %VC was observed after SSP treatment, but FEV10% soon after and 20 minutes after SSP treatment was significantly improved.
2) In 7 of 10 patients, the threshold of acetylcholine was incresed after SSP treatment.
Our results suggest that airway obstruction and bronchial hypersensitivity were improved by SSP treatment.
