[Asthma at acute attack stage treated with "Shao's five needling therapy": a multi-central randomized controlled study].

Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of asthma at acute attack stage treated with "Shao's five needling therapy".

Methods: The randomized controlled method was applied to divide 210 cases into an observation group and a control group, 105 cases in each one. In the observation group, "Shao's five needling therapy" [Feishu (BL 13), Dazhui (GV 14), Fengmen (BL 12)] and the combined therapy were adopted, including oxygen uptake, aerosol inhalation and oral administration of prednisone.