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- Title
Effect of Acupuncture on Allergic Rhinitis: Clinical and Laboratory Evaluations.
- Authors
Lau, Benjamin H. S.; Wong, Douglas S.; Slater, James M.
- Abstract
Of 22 subjects with allertic rhinitis who received a series of 6 acupuncture treatments, 11 (50%) were virtually symptom-free by the end of the series, 8 (36%) experienced a moderate reduction in symptoms, and 3 (14%) recieved no significant relief. Clinical assessment of symptoms was made on a 6-point scale before the first treatment and before each subsequent session. Laboratory tests included absolute blood eosinophils, percentage of nasal eosinophils, and radioimmunoassy of serum IgE, performed before the first treatment, at the end of the series, and 2 months later. A siginificant decrease in subjective clinical rating symptoms correlated with a concurrent drop in absolute numbers of blood eosinophils and percentage of nasal eosinophils. IgE levels decreased in 64% of the subjects by completion of treatment and in 76% at 2-month follow-up.
- Publication
American Journal of Chinese Medicine, 1975, Vol 3, Issue 3, p263
- ISSN
0192-415X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S0192415X7500027X