| | Author/year (reference) | Cases | Age/sex | Disease treated | Punctured site | Diagnosis | Practitioner | Follow-up |
| | Zhang, 1980 [161] | 1 | 5/F | Heat, cough | Ex-UE19 | Infection | Not specified | Middle finger disability | | Xie and Zong, 1983 [62] | 1 | 38/F | Right upper abdominal mass and discomfort | Ashi points | Abdominal metastatic hepatic hydatid | Local hospital | Recovered after surgery | | Gao and Qi, 1989 [65] | 1 | 54/M | Right leg pain | Local points | Third-degree burns with infection | Clinic | Not specified | | Xu, 1990 [162] | 1 | 19/M | Migraine | EX-HN5, GB14, DU20 | Head abscess, intracranial infection | Health worker in the army | Recovered | | Xia, 1993 [129] | 1 | 37/F | Facioplegia | ST5 | Right cheek hematoma with infection | Not specified | Recovered (1 wk) | | Chen and Gao, 1995 [63] | 1 | 30/M | Insomnia | Head | Encephalopyosis | Not specified | Recovered after surgery | | Zhou, 1999 [64] | 3 | From 22 to 28/M (1); F (2) | Lumbar muscle strain | Loin | Tuberculous abscess on the body surface | Not specified | Recovered (3–6 mo) | | Song and Wu, 2001 [9] | 1 | 38/M | Rheumatic arthritis | EX-LE4, EX-LE5, GB34, SP9 | Pyogenic arthritis | Individual clinic in the country | Recovered (2 wk) | | Ding et al., 2008 [112] | 1 | 60/F | Scapulohumeral periarthritis | ST38 | Diabetes foot | Not specified | Remission after 3 days | | Yang et al., 1990 [57] | 1 | 2/F | Malnutritional stagnation | Ex-UE19 | Tetanus | Illegal treatment | Dead | | Liu, 1991 [58] | 1 | 52/F | Headache | Ex-HN05, DU20, GB20, LI4 | Tetanus | Village acupuncturist | Recovered (2 wk) | | Liu, 1992 [59] | 1 | 52/F | Leg pain | Not specified | Tetanus | Private practitioner | Recovered (1 mo) | | Sun and Hu, 1997 [60] | 1 | 23/M | Facioplegia | Not specified | Tetanus | Health-center | Remission after 3 days | | Wang, 1999 [10] | 1 | 60/M | Headache and fever | GB20, GB21, SJ5 | Tetanus | Not specified | Dead | | Chen et al., 2008 [61] | 1 | 62/F | RA | Knee | Tetanus | Illegal treatment | Dead |
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