Table 3.

Research on the regulation of intestinal microbiota by acupuncture.

Study	Microorganism	Intervention targets	Impact
He et al. (2021)	Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, Bacteroides, Escherichia coli	AD mice	Associated with the release of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory factors
Jiang et al. (2021)	Bacteroides, Clostridium, Proteus, Iron Bacteria	SAMP8 mice	Associated with the release of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory factors
Zhang et al. (2022)	Bacteroides, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Campylobacter, Actinobacteria	APP/PS1 mice	Associated with the release of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory factors
Yang et al. (2022)	Bacteroides, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, Porphyromonadaceae, Helicobacteraceae, Lactobacillus	APP/PS1 mice	Associated with Aβ deposition, phosphorylated tua levels, pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory factors
Hao et al. (2022)	Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, Escherichia-Shigella	APP/PS1 mice	Associated with the expression of factors such as glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and TNF-α