Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials: 2. Review of clinical trial reports: 2.1. Pain: 2.1.3. Gout

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

Table des matières

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

2.1.3. Gout

In a randomized controlled trial, blood-pricking acupuncture was compared with conventional medication (allopurinol). The acupuncture group showed greater improvement than the allopurinol group. In addition, a similar reduction of uric acid levels in the blood and urine of both groups was noted (60). Plum-blossom needling (acupuncture using plum-blossom needles), together with cupping (the application to the skin of cups which are then depressurized), has been recommended for treating gouty arthritis (61).