Dr. I.P. Smirnova, physician, Moscow

Patient N: 6 years old.

Diagnosis: recurrent bronchitis, exacerbation. Secondary immune deficiency condition.

Because of frequent and prolonged afflictions of the upper respiratory tract the girl doesn't go to the kindergarten. She came with complaints of increased body temperature up to 37.6°C, violent cough, running nose.

Considering prolonged common colds in the girl, her low immunity, I decided to give the following treatment:

- moxibustion with mini-moxas of the energy points of AH- and UM-surfaces of the right hand;

- moxibustion with mini- and micromoxas of the points and areas corresponding to the nasopharynx, trachea on the hands and feet;

- apple seed application onto the warmed sensitive correspondence points (Fig. 1);

Fig. 1. Seed therapy of acute disease of the upper respiratory tract with apple seeds

- honey compress on the chest correspondence on the hands:

- massage of sensitive points with an elastic ring.

The next day the girl came practically healthy, only with scanty mucous discharge from the nose. A repeat procedure resulted in complete recovery.

Within the following three months the girl fell ill two times, but her mother promptly began treatment on the hands and feet, and the illness was stopped in the beginning.