A systematic review of studies assessing the effectiveness of acupuncture-type interventions moxibustion, acupuncture, or electro-acupuncture) on acupuncture point BL 67 to orrect breech presentation compared to expectant management, based on controlled trials.

The attributive effect of acupuncture has been investigated in inflammatory diseases, including asthma, rhinitis, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, epicondylitis, complex regional pain syndrome type 1 and vasculitis. Large randomised trials demonstrating the immediate and sustained effect of acupuncture are missing. Mechanisms underlying the ascribed immunosuppressive actions of acupuncture are reviewed in this communication.

Objective of this study is to evaluate whether acupuncture improves rates of pregnancy and live birth when used as an adjuvant treatment to embryo transfer in women undergoing in vitro fertilisation.

Low back pain improved after acupuncture treatment for at least 6 months. Effectiveness of acupuncture, either verum or sham, was almost twice that of conventional therapy.

The purpose of this review is to describe how male erectile dysfunction and infertility are understood from an Eastern medical perspective
and to review the available research evaluating the efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of these disorders.