Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture Combined with Herbal Medicine in Treating Gouty Arthritis: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Huan LiangYan WuWei ZhangPin DengFa-Sen HuangXin DuZhao-Jun Chen Yu-Feng Ma

Published in: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM (2021)

The efficacy of acupuncture combined with herbal medicine was better than conventional drug therapy in treating gouty arthritis. The study results must be interpreted with caution due to the high or unclear risk of bias of the trials included in the study. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42020202544. INPLASY registration number: 202090006.

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