Comparison 6. Acupuncture plus another traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment versus the other TCM treatment alone.

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Symptom severity (responders) (short‐term: up to 3 mos, closest to 8 wks)	4	466	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.17 [1.02, 1.33]
2 Quality of life (mean outcomes) (short‐term: up to 3 mos, closest to 8 wks)	1	60	Std. Mean Difference (IV, Random, 95% CI)	0.48 [‐0.03, 0.99]