Immediate effect of fomentation on pulmonary function in patient with bronchial asthma:a case series  

作　　者：Yogapriya Chidambaram Venugopal Vijayakumar Deenadayalan Boopalan Akila Arjunan Poornima Ravi Maheshkumar Kuppusamy 

机构地区：[1]Department of Naturopathy,Government Yoga and Naturopathy Medical College and Hospital,Chennai 600106,India [2]Department of yoga,Government Yoga&Naturopathy Medical college and Hospital,Chennai 600106,India [3]Department of Acupuncture and Energy Medicine,Government Yoga and Naturopathy Medical College and Hospital,Chennai 600106,India [4]Intern,Government Yoga and Naturopathy Medical College and Hospital,Chennai 600106,India [5]Department of Physiology,Government Yoga&Naturopathy Medical college and Hospital,Chennai 600106,India

出　　处：《TMR Integrative Medicine》2022年第18期1-5,共5页TMR整合医学

摘　　要：Background:Asthma is a major non-communicable disease affecting both children and adult populations,characterized by inflammation and narrowing of airways.Hydrotherapy is a naturopathy treatment modality effectively used to manage bronchial asthma.This case series presents the immediate effect of one such hydrotherapy treatment hot fomentation on pulmonary function in bronchial asthma.Case presentation:Three women who had chief complaints of wheezing,sneeze and breathlessness due to chronic bronchial asthma.Hot fomentation over the inter-scapular region was given to the patient for a duration of 20 minutes.Pulmonary function test was performed using Recorders&Medicine Systems Pvt Ltd.Helios 401 before and immediately after the intervention to assess the efficacy of hot fomentation.Result:When compared to baseline,the pulmonary function’s parameters,such as forced vital capacity,forced expiratory volume in the first second,forced expiratory volume in the first second/forced vital capacity ratio,forced expiratory flow(25–75%)and peak expiratory flow showed significant improvement immediately after the fomentation.Conclusion:After 20 minutes of hot fomentation,significant improvement in pulmonary function was observed.Hot fomentation over the interscapular region,could thus be used to improve clinical outcomes in the management of bronchial asthma by improving pulmonary function and relieving acute symptoms.

关 键 词：FOMENTATION bronchial asthma NATUROPATHY HYDROTHERAPY pulmonary function test 

分 类 号：R56[医药卫生—呼吸系统]