Background: Gouty arthritis is a common metabolic disease caused by long-term purine metabolism and elevated serum uric acid. In recent years, the incidence of gouty arthritis has been increasing year by year. As an effective method for treating gouty arthritis, acupuncture combined with herbal medicine has been widely used in clinical …
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Background: The effects of acupuncture on in-vitro fertilization outcomes remain controversial. This study aimed to perform a meta-analysis to assess the effectiveness of acupuncture as an adjuvant therapy to embryo transfer compared to sham-controls or no adjuvant therapy controls on improving pregnancy outcomes in women undergoing in-vitro fertilization. Methods: A systematic literature …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Objective: To evaluate the effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation on the pregnancy outcomes of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF) based on the available clinical evidence. Methods: We searched PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, CNKI, VIP, CBM and Wanfang Database up to February 2021 for published randomized controlled trials (RCT) relevant to …
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Background: Acupuncture has been widely used in the clinical management of osteoarthritis of the knee. Many systematic reviews (SRs) and meta-analyses (MAs) have reported its effectiveness in relieving pain. This overview aimed to summarize SRs and MAs on the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for osteoarthritis of the knee and evaluate …
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Objective: This review aimed at systematically evaluating the efficacy and safety of moxibustion for chronic fatigue syndrome. Methods: Relevant trials were searched in seven digital databases up to January 2021. After literature screening, data extraction, and literature quality evaluation, the included studies were meta-analyzed using RevMan 5.4 software. The evidence level was …
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Background: Acupuncture is an important component of traditional Chinese medicine which is used to treat an array of health conditions. This study evaluates the effectiveness of acupuncture in the management of restless leg syndrome. Methods: A comprehensive literature survey was conducted in electronic databases to identify studies evaluating the effectiveness of acupuncture …
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