Table 1.

The comparisons of pulmonary resistance (kPa/ml/s) of the four groups

Groups	Immediate effects			Early effects				Recovery effects
	Min 1	Min 2	Min 3	Min 4	Min 5	Min 6	Min 7	Min 8	Min 9	Min 10
CK	0.0003 ± 0.0038	0.0010 ± 0.0059	0.0085 ± 0.0237	0.0064 ± 0.0119	0.0065 ± 0.0160	0.0039 ± 0.0127	0.0062 ± 0.0120	0.0037 ± 0.0074	0.0055 ± 0.0090	0.0066 ± 0.0105
AS	0.0317 ± 0.0394*	0.1969 ± 0.1051*	0.2363 ± 0.1197*	0.1874 ± 0.0897*	0.1292 ± 0.0787*	0.0893 ± 0.0575*	0.0622 ± 0.0512*	0.0416 ± 0.0393	0.0194 ± 0.0272	0.0062 ± 0.0205
ASAC	-0.0016 ± 0.0153#	0.0283 ± 0.0539#	0.0695 ± 0.0716#	0.0762 ± 0.0611#	0.0810 ± 0.0764	0.0567 ± 0.0543	0.0359 ± 0.0564	0.0187 ± 0.0425	0.0124 ± 0.0373	0.0025 ± 0.0258
CKAC	-0.0025 ± 0.0049	-0.0025 ± 0.0071	0.0011 ± 0.0101	0.0013 ± 0.0081	0.0007 ± 0.0098	0.0008 ± 0.0077	0.0018 ± 0.0082	0.0036 ± 0.0088	0.0054 ± 0.0076	0.0027 ± 0.0103

Data were shown as mean ± SD (n = 8). The values of pulmonary resistance in the table were expressed as differential values subtracted from the corresponding baseline values. Statistical comparisons were made by ANOVA with LSD test for post hoc analysis. * indicate P < 0.05, compared to CK; # indicate P < 0.05, compared to AS.

CK: control rats; AS: asthmatic rats; ASAC: asthmatic rats treated by acupuncture; CKAC: control rats treated by acupuncture.