Analysis and Thoughts about the Negative Results of International Clinical Trials on Acupuncture

Table 7

Control design in research report with negative or placebo result.

Number	Disease	Intervention of observation group	Intervention of control group
1	Constipation	Moxibustion	Heat insulation moxa-moxibustion (place a heat insulator under the true moxa-moxibustion)
2	Chronic neuralgia	Electroacupuncture for 12 weeks	Sham electroacupuncture (around the acupoint)
3	Infantile colic	Acupuncture	Without any measure
4	Malposition	Moxibustion	Without any measure
5	Nausea and vomiting when delivery	Wrist band stimulative to acupoint	Wrist band nonstimulative to PC 6
6	Accouching	Acupuncture	Sham acupuncture (the Park sham acupuncture instrument)
7	Lumbago and backache	Lidocaine injection at acupoint	Lidocaine injection at trigger point
8	Knee osteoarthritis	Physiotherapy and verum acupuncture	Physiotherapy and placebo acupuncture, or just physiotherapy
9	Knee joint pain of postmenopausal women	Usual care and acupressure	Usual care
10	Emergency treatment	Conventional treatment and acupuncture	Conventional therapy
11	Irritable bowel syndrome	Acupuncture	Sham acupuncture (unrelated to meridian points, without needling response)
12	Woman health	Acupressure at SP 6	Press the nonacupoint (not touch the tendo calcaneus in any meridian vessel on the back of leg)
13	Polycystic ovarian syndrome	Electroacupuncture	Stick on the skin by sham needle tubing, adjust the current to 0
14	Emesis	Acupuncture and moxibustion	Antinausea drug or sham acupuncture (two inches close to the acupoint by Park sham acupuncture instrument)
15	Irritable bowel syndrome	Acupuncture	Park sham needle, the nonacupoint close to acupoints
16	Low back pain	Acupuncture	Nonacupoint shallow penetration (1–3 mm)
17	Smoking cessation	Acupuncture	Nonacupoint shallow penetration (1–3 mm)