Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials: 2. Review of clinical trial reports: 2.6. Blood disorders

Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials
(2003; 87 pages)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
	Background
	Objectives
	Use of the publication
1. General considerations
	1.1. Definition
	1.2. Need for evaluation
	1.3. Evaluation methodology
	1.4. Safety
	1.5. Availability and practicability
	1.6. Studies on therapeutic mechanisms
	1.7. Selection of clinical trial reports
2. Review of clinical trial reports
	2.1. Pain
		2.1.1. Head and face
		2.1.2. Locomotor system
		2.1.3. Gout
		2.1.4. Biliary and renal colic
		2.1.5. Traumatic or postoperative pain
		2.1.6. Dentistry
		2.1.7. Childbirth
		2.1.8. Surgery
	2.2. Infections
	2.3. Neurological disorders
	2.4. Respiratory disorders
	2.5. Digestive disorders
	2.6. Blood disorders
	2.7. Urogenital disorders
	2.8. Gynaecological and obstetric disorders
	2.9. Cardiovascular disorders
	2.10. Psychiatric disorders and mental disturbances
	2.11. Paediatric disorders
	2.12. Disorders of the sense organs
	2.13. Skin diseases
	2.14. Cancers
	2.15. Other reports
3. Diseases and disorders that can be treated with acupuncture
4. Summary table of controlled clinical trials
References

2.6. Blood disorders

Among various blood disorders, leukopenia is the most suitable for acupuncture treatment. In controlled studies, acupuncture has been shown to be more effective than batilol and/or cysteine phenylacetate in the treatment of leukopenia due to chemotherapy (140-142) or benzene intoxication (143, 144).