A Systematic and Narrative Review of Acupuncture Point Application Therapies in the Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma during Dog Days

Table 1

AR and acupuncture point application therapies.

Author	Number and range of age		Intervention (herbal medicine and acupoints) and duration		Outcomes	Adverse events; (experimental)	Jadad score
	Experimental	Control	Experimental	Control
Zhu 2010 [23]	47/5–55	44/8–50	San-Fu-Tie, for one year	Cetirizine and beclometasone dipropionate aqueous nasal spray, for ten consecutive days	Efficacy evaluation	Not mentioned	2
			Bai Jie Zi, Xi Xin, Gan Sui, Yan Hu Suo, Ban Xia
			GV14, BL20, CV17, BL12, BL13, BL23
Chen and Gu 2011 [24]	40/4–7	34/4–7	San-Fu-Tie, for two-three consecutive years	Oxymetazoline hydrochloride spray and dexamethasone, withdrawal when symptomatic relief occurs	Efficacy evaluation	Not mentioned	2
			Bai Jie Zi, Xi Xin, Ma Huang, Xin Yi, Sheng Jiang
			GV14, BL13, BL43, PC6
Lin et al. 2014 [19]	84/5–82	84/5–82	San-Fu-Tie, four times a year (dog days are four ten-day periods in 2013), for one year	Beclometasone dipropionate aqueous nasal spray, for four weeks	Efficacy evaluation, symptom rating scale	Not mentioned	4
			Bai Jie Zi, Xi Xin, Ma Huang, Gan Sui, Yan Hu Suo, Ding Xiang, Sheng Jiang
			BL13, BL20, GV14, BL23, BL12, LI4, EX-B1, ST36, EX-HN15

Bai Jie Zi, Semen Sinapis Albae; Xi Xin, Herba Asari; Gan Sui, Radix Kansui; Yan Hu Suo, Rhizoma Corydalis; Sheng Jiang, Rhizome Zingiberis Recens; Ban Xia, Rhizoma Pinelliae; Ma Huang, Herba Ephedrae; Xin Yi, Flos Magnoliae; Ding Xiang, Flos Caryophylli.
BL13, Feishu; BL43, Gaohuang; EX-HN15, Bailao; CV17, Danzhong; EX-B1, Dingchuan; GV14, Dazhui; BL20, Pishu; BL12, Fengmen; BL23, Shenshu; PC6, Neiguan; LI4, Hegu; ST36, Zusanli.
AR, allergic rhinitis; cAMP, cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate; cGMP, cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate.