ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021
Acupuncture Treatment for Cough-Variant Asthma: A Meta-Analysis.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- An efficacy and safety evaluation of montelukast + fluticasone propionate vs. fluticasone propionate in the treatment of cough variant asthma in children: a meta-analysis.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of Acupuncture and Moxibustion at BL 13 and LU 9 on Pulmonary Function in Patients with Bronchial Asthma-A Protocol for Randomized Controlled Trial.Medical acupuncture · 2026Article
- Clinical Efficacy of Acupuncture as Adjunctive Therapy for Cough Variant Asthma: Study Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2026Article
- Cochrane reviews of acupuncture are dated, do not account for the specific effects of sham controls and likely underestimate the efficacy of acupuncture therapy.Integrative medicine research · 2025Review
- Acupuncture-related therapy for chronic cough: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Integrative medicine research · 2025Review
- Acupuncture's Immunomodulatory Effects on Macrophages in Allergic Disorders: A Systematic Review.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2025Review
- Ethanol Extract of Anacyclus pyrethrum Root Ameliorates Cough-Variant Asthma Through the TLR4/NF-κB Pathway and Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway.Molecular biotechnology · 2024Article
- Formulation of international standards of Chinese medicine technology: clinical practice guide of Chinese medicine for cough.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2024Article
- Research status of east Asian traditional medicine treatment for chronic cough: A scoping review.PloS one · 2024Article
- Research on the Mechanism and Application of Acupuncture Therapy for Asthma: A Review.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2024Review
- Development of a Comprehensive Cough Therapy Program (CCTP) for chronic cough in India: a qualitative study.CoDAS · 2024Article
- Multi-effective characteristics and advantages of acupuncture in COVID-19 treatment.Acupuncture and herbal medicine · 2023Review
- Latent myofascial trigger points injection therapy for adult cough variant asthma: A randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- Clinical Evidence and Potential Mechanisms of Complementary Treatment ofEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Review
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- The Anti-Inflammatory Actions and Mechanisms of Acupuncture from Acupoint to Target Organs via Neuro-Immune Regulation.Journal of inflammation research · 2021Review
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Authors and funding
8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundIn recent years, there have been many clinical reports on acupuncture treatment of cough-variant asthma, but no researcher has objectively analysed and evaluated the efficacy and safety of acupuncture treatment of cough-variant asthma from the perspective of evidence-based medicine.
objectiveTo systematically evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of acupuncture in treating cough-variant asthma and to provide reference values for clinical decision-making.
methodsThe comprehensive computer retrieval Chinese journal full-text database (CNKI), Chinese science and technology periodical database (VIP), ten thousand data knowledge service platform (WanFang Data), PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library were used to collect literature for relevant randomized controlled trials (RCT) of acupuncture treatment of cough-variant asthma, as well as to retrieve papers and add reference retrieval after literature review, in accordance with the standard of literature filtering, data extraction, and quality evaluation. The data were meta-analysed using ReviewManager5.3 software recommended by Cochrane.
resultsA total of 11 randomized controlled clinical studies were screened and included, comprising 929 patients. The results of the meta-analysis showed that, compared with the control group, acupuncture intervention on CVA could enhance the total clinical effectiveness rate, reduce the relapse rate of drug withdrawal, relieve symptoms of cough, phlegm, and diaphragmatic congestion, and improve lung function-related indicators and immune inflammation indicators. There were statistically significant differences in all efficacy evaluation criteria.
conclusionThe clinical curative effect of acupuncture treatment for cough-variant asthma is precise and has certain advantages in relieving symptoms and reducing the recurrence rate. However, the low quality of the evaluation in the RCT research literature is a problem, and more high-quality clinical randomized controlled trials are needed to further verify the comprehensive clinical efficacy and safety of this treatment. Registration number: PROSPERO (no. CRD42020155244) (https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/).
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