Q. Can bronchiectasis be treated at a Korean medicine clinic?
Yes, herbs and acupuncture reduce bronchial inflammation and aid sputum discharge. Helps reduce acute exacerbations and maintain lung function.
📝 Detailed Answer
Bronchiectasis is a condition in which the widened bronchi do not return to their original state. So management continues for life.
What actually governs the quality of life in this condition is how you get through the time between infections. Once an acute phase has been got through with antibiotics, the next part is the problem, and there is not an obvious place that looks after it.
This is where we look after it alongside: energy and digestion, recovery of stamina, and the condition between repeated infections. Only if you eat well and sleep well do you suffer the next infection less. We also sometimes use prescriptions that help the sputum be expelled.
There are cases of using prescriptions long applied to the respiratory field, such as Gyeongokgo. We compose it according to constitution and state.
If there is blood-stained sputum or haemoptysis, do not delay — please receive respiratory medicine care. It is not a rare symptom in this condition.
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Hyo-seop Kim
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