Study	Reason for exclusion
Deng 2008	The trial compared acupuncture plus herb medicines with mifepristone. It could not evaluate the effect of acupuncture.
Engman 2008	The trial did not refer to uterine fibroids.
Hamza 1999	The trial did not refer to uterine fibroids.
Wang 2005	The trial did not refer to uterine fibroids.
Yu 2005	Sixty‐two women comparing acupuncture with Gongliuqing capsule evaluated the effect of acupuncture on the disappearance of uterine fibroids, volume of fibroids measured by type B ultrasound after treatment.
Zhao 1999	The trial observed acupuncture for the exsufflation of patients after gynaecological operation. The research did not consider uterine fibroids.