Efficacy and Safety of Bloodletting on Ear Apex for Primary Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

ConclusionBEA as monotherapy or adjuvant therapy might have benefits on treating primary hypertension. Therefore, this treatment has the potential of non-pharmacological methods that can be used in patients attempting to withdraw antihypertensives or not responding to the conventional pharmacotherapy. However, since the number of studies included and the sample sizes were small, and the methodological quality was poor, these findings should be interpreted with great caution. Further well-designed studies need to be conducted to confirm these results.
Source: European Journal of Integrative Medicine - Category: Complementary Medicine Source Type: research