Table 5 Network meta-analysis effective rate

Traditional medicine therapy

1.12 (0.65,1.94)

Warm needles

0.87 (0.63,1.21)

0.77 (0.43,1.39)

Acupoint application

0.73 (0.48,1.09)

0.65 (0.34,1.22)

0.83 (0.53,1.32)

Acupoint catgut embedding

0.86 (0.59,1.25)

0.77 (0.42,1.42)

0.99 (0.65,1.52)

1.19 (0.73,1.94)

Flying needles

0.73 (0.51,1.05)

0.65 (0.34,1.26)

0.84 (0.52,1.38)

1.01 (0.59,1.74)

0.85 (0.51,1.43)

Fire needles

0.97 (0.62,1.52)

0.87 (0.45,1.68)

1.12 (0.83,1.52)

1.34 (0.78,2.32)

1.13 (0.67,1.91)

1.33 (0.75,2.36)

Electroacupuncture

0.82 (0.57,1.19)

0.73 (0.49,1.11)

0.95 (0.62,1.44)

1.14 (0.70,1.84)

0.96 (0.61,1.51)

1.12 (0.67,1.88)

0.85 (0.50,1.42)

Moxibustion

1.24 (0.77,2.00)

1.30 (0.90,1.87)

1.04 (0.58,1.89)

1.09 (0.79,1.51)

1.28 (0.85,1.92)

0.97 (0.64,1.45)

1.10 (0.67,1.83)

1.14 (0.83,1.56)

Acupuncture