Effectiveness and safety of moxibustion for primary insomnia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sun, Yu Jiao ^a   Yuan, Jia Min ^b   Yang, Zhi Min ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Insomnia; Moxibustion; Systematic Review

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; ESTAZOLAM; GAMMA ORYZANOL; THIAMINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASSAGE; MOXIBUSTION; MYASTHENIA; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY INSOMNIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCALP PAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING; WESTERN MEDICINE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOXIBUSTION; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 84979649825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-016-1179-9     Document Type: Article

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