| | Author/year (reference) | Cases | Age/sex | Disease treated | Acupoint | Complication | Practitioner | Follow-up |
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Wang and Lan, 1980 [81] | 2 | 46/F | Intercostal neuralgia | PC6 | Aphonia | Not specified | Recovered (3 d) | | 36/F | Obstinate hiccup | Zhou et al., 2005
[82] | 1 | 43/F | Neck pain | Ex-B05 | Hoarseness | Acupuncturist | Recovered (10 min) | | Peng, 1982 [83] | 1 | 54/not specified | Scapulohumeral periarthritis | Ex-UE01, GB21, LI11, SJ5 | Allergy to electroacupuncture | Acupuncturist | Recovered (10 min) | |
Gao and Zheng, 2008 [84] |
2 | 72/M | Nerve root cervical spondylopathy | EX-B2 |
Allergy to metal |
Not specified | Recovered (1 wk) | | 49/F | Cervical type cervical spondylopathy | EX-B2 | Recovered (5 d) | | Wang, 2004 [85] | 1 | 35/M | Soft tissue injury | Ashi point | Epilepsy | Acupuncturist | Recovered | |
Dai, 2012 [86] |
2 | 45/M | Epilepsy |
Not specified |
Epilepsy |
Acupuncturist | Recovered (2 min) | | 53/M | Cervical spondylosis | Recovered (1 min) | | Li, 2000 [87] | 1 | 52/M | Cerebral concussion | DU20, GB20, GB30, GB39, LI4, LI11, ST36 | Fever | Acupuncturist | Recovered | |
Shang, 2006 [88] |
2 | 65/F | Facial neuritis | GB14, BL2, ST2, SI18, RN24, LI4, ST36, LR3 | Cough | Acupuncturist | Recovered (2 min) | | 46/F | Obesity | ST25, ST36, SP15, RN6, LI11, SJ6, SP9, ST40 | Thirsty | Acupuncturist | Recovered | | Quan and Jiang, 2008 [89] | 1 | 45/F | RA | Local points | Infusion reaction | Acupuncturist | Recovered (2 h) | | Fang, 2010 [90] | 1 | 35/F | Cervical pain | GB20, EX-B2 | Hyperventilation syndrome | Acupuncturist | Recovered (15 min) | | Wang, 2010 [91] | 1 | 46/F | Nasopharyngeal carcinoma radiation sequela with fatigue | LI11, LI4, ST36, SP6, KI3; LU7, SI6, SJ3 | Aggravation of fatigue | Acupuncturist | Improved |
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