Effects of 30 cases of nervous olfactory disorder treated with acupuncture at three nasal points and scalp acupuncture

Effects of acupuncture on earthquake survivors with major psychiatric disorders and related symptoms: A scoping review of clinical studies

“…Four [ 36 – 38 , 40 ] of the five studies involved patients with PTSD, whereas one [ 39 ] involved patients with musculoskeletal pain and psychologic symptoms. (2) Intervention: Except for one study [ 39 ] that did not describe the acupoint stimulated, three acupuncture types were used in the four before-after studies [ 36 – 38 , 40 ], including scalp electro-acupuncture in two studies [ 36 , 38 ], ear acupressure or ear acupuncture in two studies [ 36 , 40 ], and manual acupuncture in one study [ 37 ]. Two studies [ 36 , 39 ] used moxibustion as a combination treatment with acupuncture.…”

“…Moreover, Kim et al (2020) [ 40 ] assessed the quality of life of patients with PTSD using EuroQol 5-Dimension (EQ-5D). In the other two studies [ 36 , 37 ] involving patients with PTSD, only TER was used as the outcome. In one study [ 39 ] involving patients with musculoskeletal pain and psychologic symptoms, the verbal numerical scale was used to assess the severity of heterogeneous symptoms ( Table 1 ).…”

“…Although the three studies [ 17 , 35 , 37 ] that performed manual acupuncture used heterogeneous acupoints, all three studies shared a common acupoint, namely EX-HN1. Although one study [ 37 ] did not report on the achievement of de qi , the other two [ 17 , 35 ] included the de qi procedure in the acupuncture procedure. A total of 20–30 acupuncture sessions were conducted in these studies [ 17 , 35 , 37 ].…”

“…Although one study [ 37 ] did not report on the achievement of de qi , the other two [ 17 , 35 ] included the de qi procedure in the acupuncture procedure. A total of 20–30 acupuncture sessions were conducted in these studies [ 17 , 35 , 37 ]. In principle, the frequency of treatment was daily; however, discrepancies were observed with regard to whether participants took 1 day off every week or 2 days off every 10 days.…”

“…In principle, the frequency of treatment was daily; however, discrepancies were observed with regard to whether participants took 1 day off every week or 2 days off every 10 days. Except for one study [ 17 ], which did not report the retention time, the remaining two studies [ 35 , 37 ] had a retention time of 30 min.…”