In terms of western medicine, the cause of bronchial asthma has been explained in many ways, but none of these explanations are precise and adequate. Therefore, many treatments have been employed.
In oriental medicine, treatment is undertaken on the basis of “Sho” determined for each patient independently of the name or the cause of the disease. We examined the characteristics of children with bronchial asthma using the Nakatani's Ryodoraku measurement which is objective, reproducible, and easy to make.
METHOD
The subjects were 207 children (142 males and 65 females between 2 and 18 years of age) with bronchial asthma who visited the pediatric section of our hospital from July to September of 1982. The neurometry was undertaken with Neurometer LCB under a fixed condition every Tuesday morning. “Excitation” or “Inhibition” was determined according to Nakatani's method, and “Excitation-Inhibition Frequency Pattern” was made.
RESULT
1) There was no significant difference in the Pattern between the sexes, nor between the months of measurement, but each age showed a peculiar Pattern.
2) In primary school children grouped by family history, IgE value, or atopic dermatitis presence, there were no significant intergroup differences. Significant difference was seen between those grouped by presence of attack, and between those grouped by severity (p<0.05).
3) In comparison with normal children, there were significant differences in many Ryodoraku (p<0.01 or p<0.05), that is, a peculiar “Excitation-Inhibition Frequency Pattern” of bronchial asthma children was seen.

Objective: We aimed to characterize patterns of use of complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies on patients with intractable neurodegenerative diseases and their caregivers.
Methods: We sent questionnaires to 1,406 patients with subacute myelo-optico-neuropathy (SMON), amyotorophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson’s disease (PD), Parkinson related disease, or spino-cerebellar degeneration (SCD). We also send questionnaires to the 1,406 caregivers of these patients. The participants were asked to answer questions about current use of Annma/Massage/Shiatu, acupuncture, Zyudoseifuku, Chinese medicine or Supplementary food. Other questions including reasons for the use, subjective effectiveness of the CAM and subjective wellness were also asked.
Results: 33.7% of patients and 30% of caregivers responded to the questionnaires. Anna/Massage/Shiatu and Chinese medicine were most frequently used by patients (60.8%), and 51.3% of them answered that these therapies were effective. The caregiver’s response showed supplementary food and Anna/Massage/Shiatu were most frequently used (42.5%), and 35.9% of them answered that these were effective.
Conclusion: The present study showed that use of CAM was 20.5% in patients with intractable neurodegenerative diseases and 9.8% among caregivers when calculated using collection rates. Annma/Massage/Shiatu was most frequently used and was regarded effective on subjective wellness both in the patients and caregivers.

The authors conducted neurometory of 78 so-called healthy adults throughout the year. Electrical skin resistance (amperage) was measured at the representative measurement points of the ryodoraku. In order to clarify how this resistance changes with months and which ryodoraku is related to the comparison of month groups, the results were analized using discriminatory analysis which is one technique of multivariate data analysis. The primary discriminant function explained the fluctuation of 63.7%, and is related to the ratio of H4 and H6 to F4. The secondary discriminant function explained the fluctuation of 20.2%, and is related to the ratioI of F2 and F4 to H2. In the second-dimensional distribution, the cold season group (April, November, December, January) was against the warmIseason group (June, July, September), and intermediate season group (May, October). However, April wasjrather specific, that is, apart from the other cold seasons. Further observations must be done with regard to seasonal fluctuation.

Authors evaluated which factor among age, sex and season influences each Ryodoraku, and to what extent, using socalled healthy children.
METHOD
Ryodorakumeasurement was conducted on the same subjects in two different seasons. Comparison was done between groups divided according to their sex andage. The measured value of skin electro-resistance at the Ryodoraku representative measuring points and excitation-inhibition frequency were analyzed using single- and multi-variate data analysis.
RESULT
1) Each group showed slightly different Ryodoraku characteristics.
2) The differences among each group were greatest between the two seasons and rather big between years, however, small between male and female.
3) These tendencies werejobserved in both analyses using the measured values and using frequency.

The authors carried out neurometry and CMI investigation on 512 subjects in June and July '87. The subjects were devided into four groups according to the CMI criteria by Fukamachi: CMI. I Diagnosed to be normal, II Provisionally to be normal, III Provisionally diagnosed to be neurotic, IV Diagnosed to be neurotic. Comparison was done not only among these groups, but also among age groups and between male and female.
Although there were no great differences among the group I, II and III, each current through F2, F4, F5 and F6 significantly decreased from the group I to IV (p<0.01). A similar tendency was seen in F2 and F6 of the male subjects in each age group, but no tendency in the female subjects.

Fifty-one fresh adult cadavers (male 21, female 30) were randomly selected. The required acupoints were localized and then the cadavers were frozen for anatomical dissection. Distance between the shallow point on the skin and the dangerous zones were measured after the cavaders were unfrozen. Data were analyzed statistically. The results showed that safe needling depths for Fengfu, Yamen, Fengchi and Jingming were 40.08mm, 38.10mm, 39.70mm and 34.25mm, respectively