Clinical Observation on the Effect of Tuina in Prevention and Treatment of Recurrent Respiratory Infection Induced by Pediatric Lung Qi Deficiency

OBJECTIVE To observe the clinical effect of Tuina in prevention and treatment of recurrent respiratory infection induced by pediatric lung qi deficiency. METHODS Eighty children with recurrent respiratory infection induced by lung qi deficiency were collected and were randomly divided into the treatment group and the control group， 40 cases in each group. The treatment group was treated with Tuina， one time every other day， and treated for 7 times totally. The control group was intervened by orally taking Yu Ping Feng Powder， 2 times/day， 2 weeks totally. Indexes including total effective rate， TCM syndrome score， serum immunoglobulin and T lymphocyte subsets before and after the treatment， and recurrence rate during follow-up at 3 months after finish the treatment in both groups were observed for evaluating the curative effect of Tuina. RESULTS The total effective rate， TCM syndrome score， immunological indexes including IgG， IgA， IgM， CD3+， CD4+， CD8+ and CD4+/CD8+， and recurrent rate in the treatment group were better than those of the control group， the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05，P<0.01). CONCLUSION Infantile Tuina can reduce the frequency of pediatric recurrent respiratory infection induced by lung and spleen qi deficiency， relieve clinical symptoms， enhance the humoral immunity and cellular immune function in children， and reduce the recurrence rate.