Study Reveals Acupuncture’s Benefits in the Treatment of COPD

A recent small-scale trial reveals that acupuncture can bring substantial benefits to people suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Acupuncture is considered a complementary treatment that may be able alleviate breathing difficulty after exertion, which plagues many sufferers of COPD, which actually is a broad classification for a set of lung conditions that block airflow.

Gearge T. Lewith, author of an editorial of the new study featured in the Archives of Internal Medicine says … Continue reading

Hsiao Chuan Herbal Paste and Vitamin D Supplementation for the Treatment of COPD

Much of the research presented at the ATS (American Thoracic Society) done some months ago has dealt so far with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD, for short.

The most dangerous symptom of COPD is breathing difficulty which makes the disease a very serious health condition that gradually worsens over time and for which there is no known cure. Other miserable symptoms it generates include tightness in the chest, shortness of breath, wheezing, and coughing … Continue reading