Meta-analysis of efficacy of the fire needle therapy combined with Chinese medicine com-pounds for acne
Objective Using meta-analysis to analyze the clinical efficacy of fire needling acu-puncture combined with Chinese medicine compounds for acne.Methods Relevant literatures were searched from the following databases dated from inception to December 12,2023:CNKI,Quanfang,Wanfang,VIP,Pubmed and CochraneLibrary.Only the publications that included ran-domized controlled studies on fire needling acupuncture combined with traditional Chinese medi-cine were included in the analysis.The quality of the studies was evaluated by two researchers ac-cording to the criteria of the Cochrane Manual of Systematic Reviewers,and the data were ana-lyzed using Revman 5.4 software.Results A total of 20 qualified reports,including 1 889 cases(945 cases in the treated group and 944 cases in the controls),were included in the final analy-sis.The cure and effective rates were higher in the treatment group than in the controls[OR=4.62,95%CI:3.28-6.51,P<0.001].Conclusions Fire needle therapy combined with Chinese medicine compounds can improve the therapeutic efficacy for acne,with superior efficacy to the Traditional Chinese medicine alone.
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