Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
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Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. · Mar 2012
Randomized Controlled TrialRandomised clinical trial: an assessment of acupuncture on specific meridian or specific acupoint vs. sham acupuncture for treating functional dyspepsia.
Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a common disease without an established optimal treatment. ⋯ Acupuncture is effective in the treatment of functional dyspepsia, and is superior to non-acupoint puncture. The benefit of acupuncture relies on acupoint specificity.