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Clinical Practice Guideline for Allergic Rhinitis Treatment with Acupuncture

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With reference to international guidelines for the development of tools—Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system approach and reasoning, this practice guideline has been drafted reflecting the characteristics of acupuncture to improve effectiveness and safety of acupuncture treatment for allergic rhinitis. This guideline includes outlining the acupuncture diagnosis and treatment principles for allergic rhinitis, suggesting recommendations and related evidence for the acupuncture treatment of allergic rhinitis, and defining operating methods and precautions for the acupuncture treatment of allergic rhinitis.

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Acknowledgement

The development of these guidelines was sponsored by the China Association of Acupuncture and Moxibustion. We thank all the workmates who have been dedicated to this guideline from Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.

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  1. Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Dongzhimen Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100700, China

    Sheng Chen, Jun Wang, Peng Bai, Jia-jia Zhang, Shu-han Qu & Ji-ping Zhao

  2. Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China

    Sheng-nan Guo

  3. European Foundation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Alicante, Spain

    Federico Marmori

  4. Department of Acupuncture, Medimar International Hospital, Alicante, Spain

    Federico Marmori

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Supported by the National key R&D Program of China (No. 2019YFC1712200), and State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (No. ZYYS-2010-0044-1)

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Chen, S., Guo, Sn., Marmori, F. et al. Clinical Practice Guideline for Allergic Rhinitis Treatment with Acupuncture. Chin. J. Integr. Med. 27, 83–90 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-020-3161-0

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