ACUPUNCTURE: REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF REPORTS ON CONTROLLED CLINICAL

ACUPUNCTURE: REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF REPORTS ON CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS ii Acknowledgements Acknowledgements The World Health Organization acknowledges its indebtedness to the experts who participated in the WHO Consultation on Acupuncture held in Cervia, Italy in 1996, at which the selection criteria for the data included in this publication were set. Special thanks are due to Dr Zhu-Fan Xie, Honorary Director of the Institute of Integrated Medicines, First Hospital of Beijing Medical University, China, who drafted, revised and updated this

report. Further, Dr Xie made numerous Chinese language documents available in English. We also thank Dr Hongguang Dong, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland for providing additional information. Appreciation is extended to the Norwegian Royal Ministry of Health and Social Affairs for providing the financial support to print this review. iii iv Contents Contents Acknowledgements ...............................................................................................iii Contents ........................................................................................................... v Introduction............................................................................................................ 1 Background........................................................................................................ 1 Objectives .......................................................................................................... 2 Use of the publication ........................................................................................ 2 1. General considerations .................................................................................. 3 1.1 Definition.................................................................................................. 3 1.2 Need for evaluation ................................................................................. 3 1.3 Evaluation methodology .......................................................................... 3 1.4 Safety ...................................................................................................... 5 1.5 Availability and practicability.................................................................... 5 1.6 Studies on therapeutic mechanisms........................................................ 6 1.7 Selection of clinical trial reports ............................................................... 7 2. Review of clinical trial reports............................................................................ 9 2.1 Pain ......................................................................................................... 9 Head and face.................................................................................................... 9 Locomotor system.............................................................................................. 9 Gout.................................................................................................................. 10 Biliary and renal colic ....................................................................................... 10 Traumatic or postoperative pain ...................................................................... 11 Dentistry ........................................................................................................... 11 Childbirth .......................................................................................................... 11 Surgery............................................................................................................. 11 2.2 Infections ............................................................................................... 12 2.3 Neurological disorders........................................................................... 12 2.4 Respiratory disorders............................................................................. 14 2.5 Digestive disorders ................................................................................ 14 2.6 Blood disorders...................................................................................... 15 2.7 Urogenital disorders............................................................................... 15 2.8 Gynaecological and obstetric disorders................................................. 16 v 2.9 Cardiovascular disorders....................................................................... 17 2.10 Psychiatric disorders and mental disturbances..................................... 18 2.11 Paediatric disorders .............................................................................. 19...

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