Effect of acupuncture in patients with angina pectoris

A. RICHTER, J. HERLITZ and Å. HJALMARSON

Wallenberg Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research, Sahlgren’s Hospital, University of Gothenburg Sweden

Received 9 June 1989; revised 23 February 1990; .

Address for correspondence: Dr Arina Richter, Wallenberg Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research, Sahlgren’s Hospital, S-413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden.

Conclusion

Confirmed improved feeling of well-being after acupuncture treatment, they, also showed acupuncture treatment also had an additional beneficial effect in patients with severe, intensively treated angina pectoris.

The effect of acupuncture on the incidence of postextubation laryngospasm in children.

Anaesthesia. 53(9):917-920, September 1998.
Lee, C. K. 1; Chien, T. J. 1; Hsu, J. C. 2; Yang, C. Y. 3; Hsiao, J. M. 1; Huang, Y. R. 4; Chang, C. L. 5

 This study uses acupuncture with bloodletting at the Shao Shang (L 11) or Shang Yang (Li 1) acupoints to investigate whether this technique can prevent or treat laryngospasm. Seventy-six patients were randomly divided into two groups. Patients in the acupuncture group (n = 38) were treated with bilateral Shao Shang acupunctures at the end of the operation. Patients in the control group (n = 38) were not. The incidence of laryngospasm in the acupuncture group (5.3%) was less than that in the control group (23.7%) (p < 0.05). If laryngospasm developed, patients were immediately treated with acupuncture at either the Shao Shang or Shang Yang acupoints. As judged by an increase in peripheral oxygen saturation, the laryngospasm was relieved within 1 min of acupuncture in all patients.

Conclusion of the study

It is concluded that acupuncture with bloodletting at the Shao Shang acupoint may prevent and treat laryngospasm occurring after tracheal extubation in children.