Description for medicine or protocol of treatment in detail:
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Both groups will be treated with basic therapy:drug selection that is mainly based on the patient's pulmonary function, symptoms and risk of acute exacerbation of COPD will be stratified, including GOLD grade 2:regular inhalation of Tiotropium Bromide Powder for Inhalation, 18ug every time, once a day; GOLD grade 3: regular inhalation of Budesonide and Formrol Fumate Powder, 164.5ug every time, twice a day.
The test group will be treated with Acupoint Application of traditional Chinese medicine(The places of application: Feishu (BL13,bilateral), Dingchuan (EX-B1,bilateral), Gaohuang (BL43,bilateral), Zusanli (ST36,bilateral), Dazhui (GV14 bilateral) and Danzhong (CV17 bilateral)),twice a week for four weeks.Traditional Chinese medicines used in acupoint sticking include Bai jiezi (Sinapis Semen), Ma huang (Ephedrae Herba),Huang qi(astragalus),Ban xia(Pinellia Ternata), Xi xin (Asari Radix Et Rhizoma), Gan sui (Kansui Radix) with a dose ratio of 3:3:2:2:1:1.
The control group will be treated with Acupoint application of placebo (The places of placebo application: Feishu (BL13,bilateral), Dingchuan (EX-B1,bilateral), Gaohuang (BL43,bilateral), Zusanli (ST36,bilateral), Dazhui (GV14 bilateral) and Danzhong (CV17 bilateral)),twice a week for four weeks.Acupoint sticking of placebo is made from Buckwheat podwer.
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Inclusion criteria
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1. Age ranged from 45 to 70 years, male or female.
2. In accordance with the COPD diagnostic criteria in the GOLD guidelines, and GOLD 2 to 3: FEV1/FVC <70% and 30% predicted value <= FEV1< 80% predicted value in 20 minutes after inhalation of salbutamol 400ug.
3. The patient is in a stable phase of COPD: the patient's symptoms such as cough, sputum, and shortness of breath are stable or mild, and the condition is basically restored to the state before acute exacerbation.
4. Patients with spleen-lung qi deficiency syndrome that meet the diagnostic criteria for common syndrome of traditional Chinese medicine.
5. Subjects volunteer to participate in the study and sign an informed consent form.
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Exclusion criteria:
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1. Combined with chronic lung diseases requiring intervention or treatment such as bronchial asthma,interstitial lung disease, active tuberculosis, bronchiectasis.
2. Combined with severe primary diseases such as severe mental disorders, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, liver and kidney diseases, endocrine diseases, hematopoietic system diseases, malignant tumors, etc.
3. There were skin wounds, skin ulcers and skin infections on the application site.
4. Those who are allergic to traditional Chinese medicine, excipients or dressings for the project.
5. Patients with limited limb movements.
6. Women who are breastfeeding, pregnant or preparing for pregnancy.
7. Participated in other clinical studies in the past six months.
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