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.

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.

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.

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.

Acute herpes zoster is a prevalent condition. One of its major symptoms is pain, which can highly influence patient’s quality of life. Pain therapy is limited. Acupuncture is supposed to soften neuropathic pain conditions and might therefore act as a therapeuticalternative.