Tag Archives: acupuncture

Objective: A network Meta-analysis based on Bayesian theory was used to evaluate efficacy and safety of acupuncture and moxibustion in the treatment of dry eye disease, so as to provide evidence-based research basis for clinical application. Methods: Randomized controlled trials for acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of dry eye disease published from the …

Objectives: Opioid dependence has been a threat to public health for hundreds of years. With the increasing number of studies on acupuncture-related therapies for opioid dependence patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment, its effect of acupuncture therapy in treating methadone maintenance treatment patients remains controversial. Therefore, we conducted a multiple-treatments meta-analysis, and …

Background: Coronary heart disease angina pectoris is a clinical syndrome in which episodic chest pain or chest discomfort is the main manifestation of temporary ischemia and hypoxia of the myocardium due to coronary atherosclerosis and coronary artery functional changes (spasm). A large amount of clinical evidence confirms that acupuncture combined with …

Procedural analgesia with opioids is often needed during incision and drainage (I/D) of pilonidal or large abscesses in the paediatric emergency department. In response to the ongoing opioid misuse pandemic, the Joint Commission has mandated that nonpharmacologic therapies be offered to patients for pain first. Auricular acupuncture is an auricular …

Background: Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment is of great importance to improve the clinical symptoms of children with pneumonia, and this study was conducted in this context. Methods: The clinical data of 82 child patients with pneumonia admitted to our hospital from February 2019 to February 2020 were retrospectively analyzed, and the …

Objective: Investigate the optimum time of acupuncture treatment in peripheral facial paralysis in order to provide evidence for clinical treatment. Methods: CNKI, Wanfang, PubMed, Cochrane Library, and EMBASE databases were systematically searched from the inception dates to February 20, 2020. Studies limited to participants with acute peripheral facial paralysis treated with acupuncture …

Objectives: To conduct a meta-analysis to assess the efficacy of scalp acupuncture in patients with stroke and consequent hemiparesis regardless of brain infarction or intracerebral hemorrhage.  Methods: A literature search of randomized controlled trials on scalp acupuncture for stroke was performed in five databases up to May 10, 2021. We investigated three …

Objective: To systematically research the impact of warming needle moxibustion for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Methods: Four Chinese databases and six English databases were systematically searched. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving the use of warming needle moxibustion to intervene in AD patients were included. Data were extracted from the included studies and methodological …

The published literature of insomnia in the elderly treated with acupuncture was retrieved in CNKI, Wanfang and VIP from the date of establishment to December 31, 2019. Association rule analysis and cluster analysis were used to summarize the acupoint selection rules of insomnia in the elderly treated with acupuncture. A …

YUAN Qing‘s clinical experience in treating autism spectrum disorder using Tiaoshen (regulating the spirit) acupuncture is summarized. YUANQing believes that the basic pathogenesis of children with autism spectrum disorder is due to the impairment of brain essence and heart mind. Thus regulating the spirit, especially adjusting brain essence and heart mind is essential during …