[Therapeutic effect on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease of lung qi deficiency at the stable stage treated with ginger-separated moxibustion and Chinese herbal medicine atomization].

OBJECTIVE: deficiency at the stable stage treated with ginger-separated moxibustion and Chinese herbal medicine atomizaiton. METHODS: decoction was combined for 20 min, once every two days. The treatment for 10 times was taken as one course and 2 courses of treatment were required for 20 min. In the control group, ambroxol hydrochloride oral solution (10 mL) and compound methoxynamine capsules (2 capsules), were taken orally. Additionally, salbutamol aerosol was combined, 1 spray each time, three times a day, consecutively for 40 days. Before treatment and in 1-year followup after treatment, percentage of the forced expiratory volume in the first second predicated value (FEV1%) and its ratio to the forced vital capacity (FVC) (FEV1/FVC%) were determined in patients of the two groups. Before and after treatment, and in 3 months, 6 months and 1 year of followup after treatment, the score of COPD assessment test (CAT) and the score of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) symptom were observed in the two groups separately. The clinical effect was assessed in 3-month followup after treatment and the frequency of the acute attack of COPD was followed up in 1 year after treatment in patients of the two groups. RESULTS: <0.05). CONCLUSION: deficiency at the stable stage.