The European journal of general practice
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Several systematic reviews of acupuncture as a treatment of insomnia have recently emerged. Their results are far from uniform. ⋯ The evidence for acupuncture as a treatment of insomnia is plagued by important limitations, e.g. the poor quality of most primary studies and some systematic reviews. Those that are sensitive to such limitations, fail to arrive at a positive verdict about the effectiveness of acupuncture.