Efficacy of acupuncture and moxibustion in adjuvant treatment of patients with novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A protocol for systematic review and meta analysis

• Published in: Medicine (Baltimore) Vol. 99; no. 28; p. e21039
• Main Authors: Zhang, Qiongshuai, Xu, Xiaohong, Sun, Shaoqian, Cao, Fang, Li, Jiannan, Qi, Xun, Ji, Guangcheng, Wang, Yufeng, Song, Bailin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wolters Kluwer Health 10.07.2020
• Subjects: Acupuncture Therapy - methods; Betacoronavirus - isolation & purification; Combined Modality Therapy - methods; Coronavirus Infections - drug therapy; Coronavirus Infections - therapy; COVID-19; Humans; Meta-Analysis as Topic; Moxibustion - methods; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - therapy; Research Design; SARS-CoV-2; Study Protocol Systematic Review; Systematic Reviews as Topic; Treatment Outcome

Novel coronavirus has infected 4.33 million people in more than 200 countries in the current global outbreak of COVID-19. However, there is still no effective drug to treat the disease, and acupuncture and moxibustion is utilized as adjuvant therapy for the treatment of COVID-19 in China. Nine elect...