[Progress of experimental research on the underlying mechanisms of acupuncture in improving chronic obstructive pulmonary disease].

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common disease that seriously jeopardizes human health and affects patients' quality of life. The clinical efficacy of acupuncture in treating COPD is definite, and it can exert positive effects such as improving skeletal muscle degradation, airway mucus hypersecretion and pulmonary vascular remodeling in COPD rats. In recent years, the research on the underlying mechanisms of acupuncture in improving COPD has become more and more in-depth.

Anti-inflammatory effects of acupuncture in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Numerous randomised controlled trials have suggested the positive effects of acupuncture on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the underlying therapeutic mechanisms of acupuncture for COPD have not been clearly summarized yet. Inflammation is central to the development of COPD.