Objective To observe the effect of acupoint applicati on therapy:a summer treatment for the winter disease

on bronchial asthma

and to discuss the relation between the time of application and therapeutic effect.Methods The 130 cases of bronchial asthma were treated by acupoint application therapy.The acupoints included Feishu（BL 13）

Xinshu（BL 15）

and Geshu（BL 17）.And the time of application was in the first ten-day peri od of the hot season.The duration of application was 2～6h.Ten days later

name ly in the second ten-day period of the hot season

and twenty days later

in the third ten-day period of the hot season

the application was repeated respectiv ely.Before treatment and one year after the treatment

the score of quality of l ife

symptoms of asthma

time of remission stage

and times and duration of asth matic attacks were observed to analyze the relation between the time of applicat ion and therapeutic effect.Results The total effective rate was 80%.After tr eatment

the score of quality of life

symptoms of asthma

time of remission sta ge

and times of asthmatic attacks were significantly improved（P<0.05 or P<0.01）

while the duration of asthmatic attacks was not significantly improved（P >0.0 5）.The patients were divided into 3 groups according to the application time:4 3 in the group of less than 4 hours

47 in the group of 4 hours

and 40 in the g roup of longer than 4 hours.The comparison of the effect of each group showed n o significant difference in statistics（P>0.05）.Conclusion The acupoint appli cation therapy is effective for bronchial asthma

but the duration of applicatio n is not influential on the effect.