Meta-Analysis of the Clinical Effect of Acupuncture on Postherpetic Neuralgia

Objective: To systematically evaluate the safety and efficacy of acupuncture on patients with postherpetic neuralgia?Methods: Based heyword retrieval method, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI, 1978-2020), Biomedical Literature database (CBM, 1979-2020), VIP (WEIPU, 1989-2020), Wanfang (1989-2020), Cochrane Library, PubMed, Embase were searched; randomized controlled trials use in treatment neuralgia screened out; quality included literatures was evaluated based evaluation criteria Handbook, meta-analysis performed using RevMan 5.3. Results: Twenty-six that met criteria, involving 2,174 patients, included; showed compared western medicine, can improve overall effective rate (RR = 1.24, 95% CI [1.17, 1.32], P < 0.00001) reduce VAS score (MD -1.43, [-1.97, -0.89], 0.00001). Conclusion: The further clinical effect neuralgia.