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{{stub}} '''Acupuncture''' is a traditional drug-free treatment often used to reduce pain or inflammation. Acupuncture involves inserting fine needles in particular places to stimulate sensory nerves under the skin and in the muscles.<ref name="NHS">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/acupuncture/|title=Acupuncture|date=2017-10-17|website=National Health Service|language=en|access-date=2024-02-05}}</ref> ==Theory == ==Evidence == Kim et al. (2020) stated that: <blockquote>"A systematic review also presented the limitations of acupuncture treatment due to the low quality of RCTs and the weak strength of evidence along with the weak potential to improve the symptoms of CFS/ME."<ref name="Kim2020"/></blockquote> ==ME/CFS== *2020, Auricular Acupuncture for Insomnia of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Case Report<ref name="Zhang2020">{{Cite journal | last = Zhang | first = Feng | last2 = Shen | first2 = Yifeng | last3 = Li | first3 = Jie | last4 = Wang | first4 = Chao | date = 2020-05-05 | title = Auricular acupuncture for insomnia of chronic fatigue syndrome: a case report | url = http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0964528420920279 | journal = Acupuncture in Medicine|language=en | pages = 096452842092027|doi=10.1177/0964528420920279|issn=0964-5284}}</ref> [http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0964528420920279 (Abstract)] *2020, Systematic review of randomized controlled trials for chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME)<ref name="Kim2020">{{Cite journal | last = Kim|first = Do-Young | authorlink = | last2 = Lee | first2 = Jin-Seok | authorlink2 = | last3 = Park | first3 = Samuel-Young | authorlink3 = | last4 = Kim | first4 = Soo-Jin | authorlink4 = | last5 = Son | first5 = Chang-Gue | authorlink5 = | date = 2020-01-06 | title = Systematic review of randomized controlled trials for chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME)|url=https://doi.org/10.1186/s12967-019-02196-9|journal=Journal of Translational Medicine|volume=18|issue=1|pages=1-12|doi=10.1186/s12967-019-02196-9|issn=1479-5876|pmc = 6943902|pmid=31906979|access-date=|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12967-019-02196-9 (Full text)] *2019, Acupuncture for chronic fatigue syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis<ref name="Zang2019">{{Cite journal | last = Zhang | first = Q | author-link = | last2 = Gong | first2 = J | author-link2 = | last3 = Dong | first3 = H | author-link3 = | last4 = Xu | first4 = S | author-link4 = | last5 = Wang | first5 = W | author-link5 = | last6 = Huang | first6 = G | date = 2019-06-17 | title = Acupuncture for chronic fatigue syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis |url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31204859 | journal = Acupunct Med. | volume = | issue = | pages=|doi=10.1136/acupmed-2017-011582|quote=|via=}}</ref> [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31204859 (Abstract)] *2018, Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: Update of an Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis<ref name="Vickers2018">{{Cite journal|title=Acupuncture for chronic pain: update of an individual patient data meta-analysis|date=May 2018|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5927830/|journal=The journal of pain : official journal of the American Pain Society|volume=19|issue=5|pages=455β474|last=Vickers|first=Andrew J.|last2=Vertosick|first2=Emily A.|last3=Lewith|first3=George|last4=MacPherson|first4=Hugh|last5=Foster|first5=Nadine E.|last6=Sherman|first6=Karen J.|last7=Irnich|first7=Dominik|last8=Witt|first8=Claudia M.|last9=Linde|first9=Klaus|doi=10.1016/j.jpain.2017.11.005|pmc=5927830|pmid=29198932|issn=1526-5900}}</ref> - [https://www.jpain.org/article/S1526-5900(17)30780-0/fulltext (Full text)] ==Costs and availability == ==Risks and safety == ==See also == *[[:Category:Analgesics|Analgesics]] (category) ==Learn more == * [https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/acupuncture/ Acupuncture] - NHS == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Potential treatments]] [[Category:Alternative medicine]] [[Category:Drug-free pain management]] [[Category:Traditional Chinese medicine]] [[Category:Depression alternative treatments]]
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