Systematic Review of Adverse Effects: A Further Step towards Modernization of Acupuncture in China

Table 2

Central nervous system injury associated with acupuncture.

Author/Year (reference)	Cases	Age/Sex	Disease treated	Punctured site	Complication	Onset after acupuncture	Follow-up
Liu, 1980 [139]	1	19/F	Impaired vision	GB20	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	1 h	Recovered (20 d)
Liu, 1981 [14]	3	16/M	Schizophrenia	DU16	Subdural hematoma	Immediately	Dead
		30/F		DU14	Cervical and thoracic cord injury
		30/M		GB20	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	1 h	Recovered (47 d)
Bao and Gao, 1983 [140]	3	30/F	Eyelid muscle twitch	GB20	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	Immediately	Recovered (14 d)
		27/M	Bulbar palsy	DU15			Recovered (20 d)
		40/F	Headache	GB20			Recovered (19 d)
Chen and Wu, 1985 [141]	1	30/F	Hysteria	Ex-HN18	Subarachnoid hemorrhage and medulla oblongata hemorrhage	1 d	Dead
Yang et al., 1985 [8]	1	15/M	Chronic tracheitis	Between 2 and 3 thoracic spinous process	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	Immediately	Recovered (1 mo)
Chen and Huang, 1985 [142]	1	57/M	Facial Spasm	Neck	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	Immediately	Recovered (3 wk)
Su et al., 1985 [143]	1	11/F	Deaf-mute	DU15	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	At night	Recovered (1 wk)
Yu, 1986 [144]	7	42/M	Psychosis	DU15	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	Several hours	Recovered (1 mo)
		4.5/M	Cerebral agenesis with aphasia	DU15		Immediately	Recovered (20 d)
		29/M	Weakness of limbs	DU15, DU16		Minutes after treatment	Recovered (1 mo)
		22/M	Acid swells of the neck	Back neck		Immediately	Recovered (40 d)
		55/F	Aural vertigo	Back neck			Recovered (20 d)
		24/F	Stuffy head	GB20			Recovered (1 mo)
		22/M	Facial paralysis	Ex-HN21			Recovered
Chen, 1987 [145]	1	37/F	Neck pain	DU15	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	1 min	Recovered (1 mo)
Jiang and Chen, 1987 [146]	1	77/F	Stiff neck	GB20	The cerebellopontine and subarachnoid hemorrhage	After treatment	Dead
Zhou, 1988 [147]	1	15/M	Cold	GB20	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	During the treatment	Dead
Mi et al., 1989 [148]	1	28/F	Neurosis	DU15	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	2 d	Recovered (27 d)
Wu and Xu, 1990 [149]	1	57/M	Stroke	Ashi points near C3	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	1 h	Dead (10 d)
Liu, 1992 [150]	1	28/M	Insomnia	GB20	Acute subdural hematoma	3 hours	Recovered after surgery
Mi, 1993 [12]	1	73/M	Cerebral hemorrhage	LI11, LI4, GB30, ST36, GB39, GB14, ST2	Cerebral hemorrhage reformulation	10 min	Dead
Jiang et al., 1996 [151]	2	45/M	Cervical spondylopathy	GB20	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	Immediately	Recovered (30 d)
		54/M		Neck			Recovered (1 mo)
Liu et al., 1996 [152]	1	35/M	Ankylosing Spondylitis	DU16	Medulla oblongata hemorrhage	5 hours	Dead
Bian et al., 1997 [153]	1	29/F	Headache caused by pesticide poisoning	GB20	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	3 min	Recovered (1 mo)
Wang, 1999 [10]	1	54/M	Low back pain	BL37	Acute subarachnoid hemorrhage	Immediately	Recovered
Wang, 1999 [154]	1	39/F	Neurosis	GB20	Cervical cord injury	Immediately	Dead
Song and Wu, 2001 [9]	1	58/M	Hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage	KI01	Cerebral hemorrhage reformulation	Immediately	Dead
Li et al., 2003 [155]	1	55/M	Neck and back pain	Neck and back	Cervical spinal epidural hematoma	Immediately	Recovered
Niu and Zhang, 2006 [156]	1	42/M	Headache	Neck	Cisterna magna hemorrhage	Not specified	Recovered after surgery
Li et al., 2008 [157]	1	36/F	Migraine	DU16	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	At night	Recovered (3 wk)
Chen, 2009 [11]	1	43/F	Lumbago pain	Waist	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	Immediately	Recovered (1 mo)
Li et al., 2011 [13]	1	45/F	Toothache	RN16, RN10, RN9, RN4	Leukemia acute intracerebral hemorrhage	Immediately	Dead (2 d)