Effectiveness and safety of acupoint catgut embedding combined with Chinese herbal medicine in chronic urticaria: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Abstract

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of acupoint catgut embedding (ACE) in combination with Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) in treating chronic urticaria (CU). Methods We thoroughly searched Embase, PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wangfang database, Chinese Scientific Journal Database (VIP), and Chinese biomedical literature database (SinoMed) for relevant studies from …