Asthma, a disease in which reversible attacks of dyspnea and wheezing occur has been described in both Eastern and Western literature from ancient times.
The forms of treatment employed in modern medicine include:
1. Causal therapy
2. Symptomatic therapy
3. Variation therapy
4. Psychological therapy
5. Mental and physical training
From literary as well as clinical observation we can acknowledge that with acupuncture-moxibustion therapy high rates of therapeutic effects in easing or alleviating asthma attacks have been observed however as psychological factors as well as natural cure play an important part it is difficult to evaluate the actual therapeutic effectiveness.
Acupuncture-moxibution therapy can generally be divided into (1) symptomatic therapy directed at the relief of specific symptoms such as dyspnea, wheezing, etc. during asthma attacks, and (2) fundamental therapy directed at the cure of the root disease.
I would like to report on my research both literary and clinical on the basics of this therapy including such basic factors as diagnosis, point selection, techniques, amount of stimulation, etc.

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The research reports to date on acupuncture-moxibution therapy for bronchial asthma are too numerous to count. Using these results and referring to literary information I would like to report my study of about 50 examples.
Asthma which affects the young, according to the Swineford classification, is atopy type. Acupuncture-moxibustion therapy is applicable to this type of asthma and most cases cure naturally as the patient ages. Also the rate of cure in a similar disease, asthmatic bronchitis, is good.
Infectious asthma which occurs after the prime of life induced through infection of the windpipe, and combined type asthma which occurs in the elderly as a result of complications of chronic bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema, etc., are difficult to cure.
Besides constitutional factors and allergens, attacks may be induced as a result of the influences of psychological and environmental conditions for some persons, may be seasonal or continue throughout the year for others, or may be influenced by environmental pollution, etc. for still others. There are many complicated factors to consider however, in general, persons who experience attacks before a worsening of the weather conditions are easy to cure. Also from my experience persons who are regularly using steroids, adrenaline, ephedorines, etc., are the most difficult to cure and require the use of great care in therapy.
In asthma therapy, first of all, psychological guidance is necessary; the patient must be made aware that an extended period of therapy is essential. If the pathological type is mistaken and inappropriate therapy administered this may induce attacks and cause an impairment of conditions thus careful pathological classification and determination of the applicability of therapy is important.

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In the course of asthma therapy we often encounter various difficult problems. I always depend on the classics to provide the thread for untangling these problems and apply their teachings in the clinic. I'd like to list the classical writings which I have found helpful to date.
First of all I start from the information concerning ZEDO disease of the Lung Meridian and ZEDO disease and meridian path of the Kidney Meridian as reported in the 10th verse of the KEIMYAKU Chapter of the REISU. Changes in disease are described in the INYORON, KINKIYORAKU and SHOKANRON of the SOMON, and stimulation amount taught in verse 59 of the REISU SHITSUYO. I have realized the wonder of the classics and I hope to continue to employ these reference works.

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In most cases the occurrence of bronchial asthma is caused by an allergic constitutional factor. The balance between the life-producing strength of the antigen-antibody reaction and the strength to limit the reaction is destroyed and when the disease producing strength is victorious disease occurs. (From the theories of Prof. Tatsuo Matsumura, Gumma University)
There are no fundamental differences between infantile and adult bronchial asthma, the allergic tendencies are simply stronger with children, the psychological factors rather simple and cases accompanied by pulmonary emphysema, bronchiectasis, infection, etc. are rare. Simple bronchial asthma is the rule. There are cases in which cure occurs naturally. It is generally said that compared to adult asthma, asthma in infants is easy to cure.
In the range of infantile bronchial asthma I used as subjects patients in whom it could be assumed that the route of infection of the allergens was through inhalation and based mainly on touch diagnosis administered acupuncture therapy, classifying according to nonacute periods, (other than time of attack), prodromal period, and acute (attack) periods. I would like to introduce the elements of therapy (points, needles, direction of insertion, etc.) and based on clinical experiments convey my opinions as to the onset mechanism of this disease and the use of acupuncture therapeutic effects.

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Foreword: 53 patients suffering from low back pain were examined for physical examination, psychological test and distribution of tender points. It was the purpose to elucidate the correlation among them and the intercredibility between psychological test and pain complaints itself.
Discussion: Generally speaking, there was no intimate correlation between results of physical findings and of psychological test. It was difficult to relieve complaints as patients had no abnormalities in physical examination. In the III and IV groups of CMI test, they showed complaints' relief as far as their answers to physical items were prevailing. When they got less than 24 points in MAS test, they also revealed complaints' relief. In spite of physical findings, patients coming under 25 points of the III group in CMI showed remarkable recovery from pain complaints.
Consideration: It was indicated that they may be applied acupuncture therapy to pain relief.

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Acupuncture was administered for local fatigue with the purpose of verifying its effectiveness.
At the IE research lab of this research center we are performing various experiments for the purpose of improving working conditions. We used one of the simple working experiments.
We used as subjects persons who were sufficiently well trained and had been performing the operation for over two years. The work involved the simultaneous use of both hands and required for the most part movement of the fingers, hands, upper and forearm, elbow and shoulder girdle.
After repeating practice experiments the subjects were divided into two groups, one group in which an experiment to obtain a fatigue curve was performed and another in which the same experiment was performed with acupuncture therapy, and the experiment conducted. Next the entire experiment was performed in reverse, in other words, the group which previously was treated performed the experiment without treatment and vice versa.
It can be reported that the results of this experiment indicated significant therapeutic results for local fatigue.

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At the 5th World Congress of Acupuncture I presented a paper entitled Acupuncture and Moxibustion for Lumbago (I) which, based on a pilot examination was a comparison of the therapeutic effects of acupuncture therapy and garlic moxibustion. The results indicated no significant differences in the rates of cure, alleviation or other factors between the two groups. In other words the results of both types of therapy were similar.
At this time in order to verify the validity of results obtained in both groups and to make them more significant, I performed a pilot examination using random allocation and joint comparison of the two groups. Also in order to verify the therapeutic effectiveness of the two groups I conducted a comparative experiment in which simple insertion methods were used on one group and stationary insertion for 10 minutes used on another group.
Results showed in the first experiment based on the pilot examinations no differences, however in the latter experiment differences were observed in the effectiveness of therapy in the simple insertion group and the stationary insertion group.
From the above it can be stated that the effects of stationary insertion and garlic moxibustion are the same. Moreover, in the treatment of lumbago, stationary insertion proves more effective than simple insertion.

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The lumbago which in Oriental medical terms is said to be caused by a KI-KETSU circulatory disturbance is in some districts known as colic. When this lumbago in which the cause is unclear in Western medicine is examined from a meridian viewpoint to determine in which meridian the disturbance is most prevalent, it is found, analyzing categorically with the 4 diagnostic methods (Yonshinpo), dermal thermometers, heat sensitivity, etc., that in most cases the disturbance is evident in the meridians of the lower extremities. Comparative analysis of two types of therapy, local therapy which involved the use of local Bladder Meridian points, BL-20, BL-22, BL-23, BL-25, BL-47 and supplementary therapy in which points from along the affected meridian were used, was carried out. Supplementary treatment points included:
Stomach Meridian: ST-25, ST-36
Spleen-Pancreas Meridian: SP-16, SP-6
Gall Bladder Meridian: GB-25, GB-39
Liver Meridian: LV-14, LV-3
Bladder Meridian: BL-54, BL-61
Kidney Meridian: KI-16, KI-9
A comparison of therapeutic results indicated better results were obtained when the supplementary therapy was added.

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Difficulty in walking arises either from Parkinson's syndrome or from cerebellar ataxy, but their manifestations are quite different from spinal intermittent claudication. In the early stage it is not to easy to distinguish whether it is simple intermittent claudication or spinal intermittent claudication. Roughly speaking, he complaining of this disease is not able to walk a long distance by debility of the lower extremities, whereas others can no do by pain.
I carried out electro-acupuncture stimulation on a patient suffering from difficulty in walking caused by spinal intermittent claudication. As a result the patient's symptoms disappeared in a short time and he could enjoy normal daily life. I wish to report on such a case at this occasion.
Patient: age 63, office clerk and walked less than 300 meters even intermittently by debility of the lower extremities.
Method: Treatment was mainly refered to the Serizawa method. With usual acupuncture therapy patient was given electro acupuncture about on the Feiyang left and on the Kyosekketsu located between left L-4 and L-5. Treatment was given 10 minutes a day. The apparatus used was the BT-701 of China.
Results: The next day the patient was able to walk a short distance with a railing and the fourth without railing. After a month the patient was making a rapid recovery from difficulty in walking and was able to walk one kilometers long without any rest.
Cerebellar ataxy was comparatively restored, but Parkinson's syndrome was wax and wane. Further study will elucidate this point.

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