Effect of acupuncture treatment on chronic allergic rhinitis

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  • TAKANAMI Keiko
    Department of Health Promoting and Preventive Acupuncture and moxibustion, Meiji University of Integrative Medicine
  • NAKANISHI Hiromoto
    Department of Acupuncture, Faculty of Health Sciences, Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences
  • YANO Tadashi
    Department of Health Promoting and Preventive Acupuncture and moxibustion, Meiji University of Integrative Medicine

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  • 通年性アレルギー性鼻炎に対する鍼治療の影響
  • 臨床体験レポート 通年性アレルギー性鼻炎に対する鍼治療の影響 : 単一症例研究法による症例検討
  • リンショウ タイケン レポート ツウネン セイ アレルギーセイ ビエン ニ タイスル シンチリョウ ノ エイキョウ : タンイツ ショウレイ ケンキュウホウ ニ ヨル ショウレイ ケントウ

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[Objective] Although allergic rhinitis is the most common allergic inflammatory disease, and many sufferers seek acupuncture and moxibustion treatments, the evidence that acupuncture therapy alleviates allergic rhinitis is uncertain. Symptoms of rhinorrhea, sneezing and nasal obstruction are cardinal signs of chronic allergic rhinitis. Through a series of individual case studies, we investigated the clinical effects of acupuncture treatment on patients with chronic allergic rhinitis.<BR>[Method] Three patients with moderate to severe persistent allergic rhinitis each received 8 sessions of acupuncture treatments (two times per week for 4 weeks). Evaluations were performed during each treatment period (`period B`) and before and after each treatment period (‘period A’) (ABA design). Acupuncture treatment was performed on GV23, LI20, LI4, ST36, GB20, BL13, and BL23. The effects of the acupuncture treatments were assessed by the degree of allergic rhinitis severity, according to nasal mucosa observation, subjective nasal obstruction, and allergic rhinitis indicators in the blood (eosinophilis and non specific immunoglobulion E). <BR>[Results] During period B, one patient showed a general improvement of allergic rhinitis severity, and all three patients showed an improvement of allergic rhinitis symptom severities, especially nasal obstruction. The improvement of severity was confirmed by observation of nasal mucosae and the grade of subjective nasal obstruction. But blood indicators did not show a significant change.<BR>[Conclusion] This study indicated that acupuncture treatment was effective for alleviating allergic rhinitis symptoms, especially nasal obstruction.

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