PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a therapeutic method and a medical appliance capable of promoting cough reflex even without power supply from a power source etc.SOLUTION: The therapeutic method according to this invention comprises a step of indwelling in a trachea T of a patient a medical appliance 100 having plural types of metals arranged on the lateral face of a tube 10. The medical appliance causes current to be generated between adjacent metals among the plural types of metals with a foreign matter or saliva having flowed into the trachea.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】電源等から電力の供給がなくても咳反射を促進させることのできる治療方法および医療器具を提供する。【解決手段】本発明に係る治療方法は、患者の気管Tにおいて、管体10の側面に複数種類の金属が並べて配置された医療器具100を留置する留置ステップを有し、当該医療器具は、気管に流入した異物または唾液によって複数種類の金属における隣接する金属間に電流を発生させる。【選択図】図2