Table S1.

Quality report of acupuncture intervention

Style of acupuncture	Local and distal points
Technique	Bilateral and unilateral
Number of needles	Left to the discretion of the physician, perhaps 2–16
Needling depth	As we felt the deqi, we stopped, as described in traditional texts
Deqi	Mentioned
Type of stimulation	Manual only
Needle retention time	20 minutes
Needle gauge and length	0.25×50 mm
Rationale of acupuncture	TCM diagnosis-based
Practitioner’s background	GP registered with Tunisian medical acupuncture society, with >3 years’ acupuncture treatment experience
Treatment regimen	For kidney colic only, one session
Control intervention	Conventional treatment (morphine)
Cointervention	None

Note: Assessed by the standards for reporting interventions in controlled trials of acupuncture.

Abbreviations: GP, general practitioner; TCM, traditional Chinese medicine.