特発性間質性肺炎（指定難病85）の治療に果たす鍼灸の役割

―東洋医学的アプローチと生理学的アプローチ―（症例研究，中間報告）

抄録

Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP) is one kind of designated diseases of Japan, because there is no way of treatment with western medicine. The attempt was made to adopt the acupuncture/moxibustion treatment for working out the IIP. The blood test shows the temporal decrease of sialylated carbohydrate antigen (KL-6), which is a serum marker to diagnose and monitor IIP. It implies that the activity of IIP is significantly reduced.