Published 2007 Hardcover book 425 pages, 7.00 x 9.50 ISBN 9787117091121 COPD and Asthma CPCM By (author) Liu Wei-sheng By (author) Lin Lin Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bronchial asthma are commonly seen respiratory diseases that severely influence a patient's health and quality of life. Throughout the centuries, Chinese medical doctors have recognized the importance of these diseases and have accumulated rich clinical experience and a wealth of practical information. Using holistic methods Chinese medicine is able to help restore normal function to the respiratory system, inhibit inflammatory cells and mediators, decrease airway hyperreactivity and pulmonary hypertension, improve pulmonary ventilation function and blood circulation, and adjust organic immunity. This text refines and summarizes the available literature on clinical diagnosis and treatment by