Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Early Recovery of Bowel Function in Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Conclusions: Acupuncture and acupressure showed large effect size with significantly poor or inferior quality of included trials for enhancing bowel function in cancer patients after surgery. Further well-powered evidence is needed. PMID: 29422935 [PubMed]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29422935?dopt=Abstract

Source: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine - February 11, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Source Type: research