do acupuncture can cure constricted lungs?

Question

Left lung of my wife was constricted, its tubes became smaller than her right lung. Her posture was also affected, she was now leaning on her left. I suspect that her spinal chords was also disalligned or her left ribs cage was also constricted.

Answer 1

Depends on what caused the constriction... and what kind of constriction.

My question is, how do you know the lung is constricted? Breath sounds? Chest X-ray?

If the "airways" (AKA tubes) are constricted, you can test this by getting a peak flow meter. If the peak flow is low (less than say 150-200 Liters/min), it may be an airway problem (e.g. asthma). However, this is only the "cheap" method of testing the airways. To truly know for certain, you'll need to do a PFT (Pulmonary Function Test), which is quite expensive if you don't have medical insurance.

If the constriction is due to atelectasis (alveoli constriction), the little air-sacks in your wife's lungs are constricted. The cheap way to correct this is pursed-lip breathing. As your wife exhales, have your wife pucker her lips as she exhales (creating a back-pressure) to reinflate the lungs. Again, this is the "cheap" way to try an correct it....

But if your wife is "leaning" to one side, it may be something entirely different (like scoliosis)

Again, that brings back the question of "how" do you know your wife's left lung is constricted? With a chest X-ray you can tell if it's atelectasis (and even pneumothorax). On the X-ray, the lung will shift toward the deflated side if it's atelectasis and towards the opposite side if it's pneumothorax.

I'm not an expert on acupuncture though... but if your wife's problem is related to anything I've already written above, I would doubt it acupuncture would help. I've never heard of acupuncture helping with scoliosis. Most of the indications for acupuncture listed by the World Health Organization are pain or nerve related. There isn't any mention of asthma, pneumothorax, and/or scoliosis. However, there is mention of indication for muscle spasm... so it may be a stretch that there is some acupuncture effectiveness for asthma. Since asthma is secondary to smooth muscle constriction.

Good luck.