Background: [Asthma]
In 21 century, there are total two hundred million people are suffering from asthma. It is most common in children. There are many etiology of asthma such as environmental allergens or pollutants, respiratory tract infection, severe exercise, gastroesophageal reflux disease(GERD), smoking. The most common of factor that can contribute to asthma are environmental allergens, excessive exercise and emotional factor.
The pathophysiology of asthma is complex and have three different component. Firstly, asthma occur due to airway inflammation. Some of the principal cells identified in airway inflammation include mast cells, eosinophils, epithelial cells, macrophages, and activated T lymphocytes. At last, cell-derived mediators …show more content…
As according to the article, asthma patients need to so a sniffing test before the aromatherapy, and it is to dangerous to asthma patients because patients do not know what ingredients they are allergic to. They may have allergic effect after the sniffing test and cause serious asthma signs and symptoms. Therefore, it is not safty for asthma patients. However, if asthma patients still insist on using aromatherapy to treat asthma, they shoould make sure that the scent must not trigger the asthma symptoms and seek advice from doctors before staring the …show more content…
There are some common acupuncture points for all types of asthma such as Lieque(LU 7), Tanzhong(CV 17), Feishu(UB 13), Chize(LU 5) and Fengmen(UB 12). For example, spleen type asthma should focus on consoling the lung and removing the phlegm. Acupuncture point Renzhong(REN 17) should be stimulated and acupuncture Point Chize(LU 5) should be againsted the flow of the channel. Spleen type usually includes acupuncture point Spleen 6 which is near the chest. There is a study in China testing acupuncture and resulted that stimulating the acupuncture point Zu San Li (St 36) on a healthy subject increased the containment of aeration system by 6.6%. The containment of maximal breathing escalated 20%, with a 22% ehance in the volume of expiration. Effects of acupuncture on the nervous system by relieving initiation of the parasympathetic nerves while escalating the level of initiation of sympathetic nerves. This causes the bronchodilation and contracting of mucus membranes, and cause improved breathing. Acupuncture also can decrease the level of inflammatory substances in the blood, so it can decrease allergic
In 21 century, there are total two hundred million people are suffering from asthma. It is most common in children. There are many etiology of asthma such as environmental allergens or pollutants, respiratory tract infection, severe exercise, gastroesophageal reflux disease(GERD), smoking. The most common of factor that can contribute to asthma are environmental allergens, excessive exercise and emotional factor.
The pathophysiology of asthma is complex and have three different component. Firstly, asthma occur due to airway inflammation. Some of the principal cells identified in airway inflammation include mast cells, eosinophils, epithelial cells, macrophages, and activated T lymphocytes. At last, cell-derived mediators …show more content…
As according to the article, asthma patients need to so a sniffing test before the aromatherapy, and it is to dangerous to asthma patients because patients do not know what ingredients they are allergic to. They may have allergic effect after the sniffing test and cause serious asthma signs and symptoms. Therefore, it is not safty for asthma patients. However, if asthma patients still insist on using aromatherapy to treat asthma, they shoould make sure that the scent must not trigger the asthma symptoms and seek advice from doctors before staring the …show more content…
There are some common acupuncture points for all types of asthma such as Lieque(LU 7), Tanzhong(CV 17), Feishu(UB 13), Chize(LU 5) and Fengmen(UB 12). For example, spleen type asthma should focus on consoling the lung and removing the phlegm. Acupuncture point Renzhong(REN 17) should be stimulated and acupuncture Point Chize(LU 5) should be againsted the flow of the channel. Spleen type usually includes acupuncture point Spleen 6 which is near the chest. There is a study in China testing acupuncture and resulted that stimulating the acupuncture point Zu San Li (St 36) on a healthy subject increased the containment of aeration system by 6.6%. The containment of maximal breathing escalated 20%, with a 22% ehance in the volume of expiration. Effects of acupuncture on the nervous system by relieving initiation of the parasympathetic nerves while escalating the level of initiation of sympathetic nerves. This causes the bronchodilation and contracting of mucus membranes, and cause improved breathing. Acupuncture also can decrease the level of inflammatory substances in the blood, so it can decrease allergic