Acupuncture for COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)

Acupuncture for COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). A trial studying the effects of acupuncture for COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) has been carried out at two hospitals in Japan. Thirty patients were divided into two groups. Both groups remained on their usual medication, but in addition, one group received acupuncture weekly for ten weeks. At the end of the treatment period, the acupuncture group showed significantly less breathing difficulty after a standard six minute walk test.

(The Effect of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine, November 2008).

Author: Robin Costello

I offer traditional Chinese acupuncture in Exeter, from a tranquil clinic a mile from the city centre, and next to the University of Exeter. I graduated originally from the London School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine’s 3 year full time Acupuncture Diploma (DipAc) course. I am on the practitioners register of the British Acupuncture Council (MBAcC), a regulatory and professional body with an entry standard of a full three year undergraduate degree level training. I have worked in a hospital in south west China, deepening my knowledge and using acupuncture and Chinese massage (tuina) as the treatment of choice in its country of origin. I have taught Chinese medicine in colleges, the NHS and at university level. I also practise Qi Gong, and Chinese dietary therapy, that is the medicinal use of ordinary foods, chosen to help achieve particular therapeutic effects in different individuals.