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Acupoint herbal patching during Sanfu Days on reducing frequency of acute asthma attack in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Effect of point application therapy for bronchial asthma: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2026Trial
- Long-term efficacy of point application therapy on different acupoints and durations in the treatment of asthma: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2023Trial
- Traditional Chinese Medicine for Pediatric Allergic Diseases.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2025Review
- Acupoint Herbal Patching for Long-Term Immune Function in Children with Recurrent Respiratory-Tract Infections: A Systematic Review of Real-World Data.Medical acupuncture · 2021Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveAcupoint herbal patching (AHP) is an external therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. This systematic review and meta-analysis sought to evaluate whether AHP during Sanfu Days has additional benefits in children with asthma.
methodsA comprehensively electronic literature search was performed in the Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase, CNKI, VIP, and WanFang databases from their inception to March 2019. Randomized controlled trials that evaluated the AHP during Sanfu Days treatment for pediatric asthma were included. The main outcome measures were frequency of acute asthma attack, relapse of asthma, and pulmonary function.
resultsEleven trials involving 882 children with asthma were identified. White mustard seed, rhizoma corydalis, and radix kansui were the most frequently used herbs. Adjunctive treatment with AHP significantly reduced the frequency of acute asthma attack (mean difference [MD] -1.62 times/year; 95% confidence intervals [CI] -2.13 to -1.11). Moreover, AHP improved the peak expiratory flow (standardized mean differences [SMD] 0.61; 95% CI 0.39-0.82) and forced expiratory volume in 1 s (SMD 0.48; 95% CI 0.31-0.66).
conclusionsApplication of AHP during Sanfu Days has additional benefits in reducing the frequency of acute attack and improving pulmonary function in children with asthma. However, the current findings should be interpreted with caution owing to the methodological flaws of the analyzed trials.
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