Trial ID	First author	Year	English title	Journal‐English name	Volume	Issue	Pages	Contact information
Cai 2016	Cai CJ	2016	Efficacy of hepatic cirrhosis ascites treated with umbilical sticking of Zhuo Mai powder and moxibustion therapy	Chinese Archives of Tradtional Chinese Medicine	34	4	1017‐1020	We contacted study authors on 28 April and 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Chen 1994	Chen JF	1994	The treatment on 22 people with hepatitis B virus carriers with immunoglobulin ribonucleic acid of anti hepatitis B for injection combined with acupuncture	Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine on Liver Diseases	14	11	677‐678	We contacted study authors on 28 April and 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Chen 1998a	Chen JJ	1998	Effect of purulent moxibustion combined with traditional Chinese medicine on serum IL‐2 and IFN‐γ concentrations in patients with chronic hepatitis B	Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine on Liver Diseases	S1	ND	84‐85	We contacted study authors on 28 April and 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Chen 1998b	Chen JF	1998	Comparative observation on the effect of acupuncture on immune function of HBV carriers	Hu Nan Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine	5	ND	20‐21	We contacted study authors on 28 April and 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Chen 2005	Chen L	2005	Treatment of 40 people with hepatitis B with intrahepatic cholestasis by acupuncture and moxibustion combined with western medicine: a comparison of 40 people treated with western medicine	Zhejiang Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine	11		494	We contacted study authors on 28 April and 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Chen 2014	Chen JZ	2014	Clinical research of Chinese drug acupoint injection combined with PEG‐IFN a‐2a to treat chronic hepatitis B	Chinese Archives of Traditional Chinese Medicine	32	8	1965‐1967	We contacted study authors on 28 April and 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Chen 2015	Chen S	2015	Early curative effect observation of treatment of thymic factor injection on Guan Yuan acupoint combined with entecavir	Data compilation of the third Jiangxi provincial conference on new progress in diagnosis and treatment of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine of common and emerging infectious diseases	ND	ND	145‐149	We contacted study authors on 10 May by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Cheng 2000	Cheng QH	2000	The clinical observation on 32 people with hepatitis B and hypochondriac pain treated by acupuncture combined with Chinese Medicine	Summary of Papers on International Convention of Traditional Medicine	ND	ND	ND	We contacted study authors on 28 April and 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Cheng 2004	Cheng JJ	2004	Observation on the effect of moxibustion on hyperbilirubinaemia in hepatitis B type cirrhosis patients	World Journal of Acupuncture Moxibustion	14	4	12‐15	We contacted study authors on 28 April and 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Cheng 2016	Cheng YF	2016	Clinical observation on 50 people with liver cirrhosis and bloating with moxibustion at the point of moxibustion	Inner Mongolia Traditional Chinese Medicine	9	ND	123‐124	We contacted study authors on 28 April and 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Deng 2009	Deng LH	2009	Clinical study on severe chronic hepatitis B treated with Zusanli acupoint injection of kushenin	Chinese Medicine External Governance Magazine	18	2	9‐10	We contacted study authors on 28 April and 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Du 2004	Du JX	2004	Acupoint injection of oxymatrine for treatment of chronic severe hepatitis B	Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy	11	4	459‐460	We tried to contact study authors on 30 April: we could not contact the people
Du 2005	Du JX	2005	To investigate the clinical effect of intra‐acupoint injection of Ganyanlin on chronic hepatitis B	Chinese Journal of the Practical Chinese Modern Medicine	18	18	947‐948	We contacted study authors on 28 April and 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Fang 2012	Fang H	2012	Therapeutic effect of the method of separating moxibustion and moxibustion combined with acupoint application on chronic hepatitis B	CJGMCM	27	6	1173‐1174	The study author has changed his job. We could not get his current contact information
Ge 2012	Ge Q	2012	Clinical study of dexamethasone by different administration pathways for HBV associated with (Sub) acute‐on‐chronic liver failure	Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine	ND	ND	ND	We contacted study authors on 28 April and 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Han 2011	Han XH	2011	Clinical research of application of moxibustion on Ganshu (BL18) and Qimen (LR14) for chronic hepatitis B	China Modern Doctor	49	19	86‐88	We contacted study authors on 23 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Han 2012	Han J	2012	Treatment on 15 people with Yin Yellow (hepatitis B cirrhosis) with umbilical fire therapy	Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion	32	6	490	We contacted study authors on 28 April and 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
He 2013	He YX	2013	Therapeutic effect of α‐interferon acupoint manipulation on chronic hepatitis B	Modern Journal of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine	22	21	2358‐2360	We contacted study authors on 23 April and 27 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Hu 2014	Hu JH	2014	Clinical observation of entecavir combined with matrine acupoint injection in the treatment of HBeAg‐positive chronic hepatitis B	Chinese Journal of Medicine Guide	16	5	821‐822	We contacted study authors on 28 April and 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Hu 2015	Hu XJ	2015	Clinical research of the bioinformatics infrared liver disease therapy instrument combined with Gan Shu acupoint sticking application on treating chronic hepatitis B	Medical Information	28	35	173‐174	We could not find any contact information about study authors
Huang 2004	Huang F	2004	Clinical observation on 46 people with chronic hepatitis B virus carriers treated with Chinese medicine combined with interferon acupoint injection	Modern Chinese Medicine	ND	2	18‐19	We could not find any contact information about study authors
Huang 2005	Huang JQ	2005	Protective actions of acupoint magnetic medicated plaster therapy on hepatic function in the patient of cirrhosis after hepatitis	Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion	25	9	613‐615	We contacted study authors on 10 May 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Ji 1999	Ji S	1999	The treatment on 46 people with chronic hepatitis B with Chinese and western medicine combined with acupuncture points	Huaihai Medicine	17	2	ND	We contacted study authors on 23 April and 27 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Jiang 2010	Jiang HM	2008	Clinical study of hepatocyte growth factor and salvia miltiorrhiza combined with acupoint injection in the treatment of hepatitis liver fibrosis	Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine on Liver Diseases	18	1	18‐20	We contacted study authors on 28 April and 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Lei 2014	Lei RG	2014	Clinical observation on 18 people with chronic hepatitis B treated with acupuncture and interferon	Nei Mongol Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine	ND	30	58‐59	We contacted study authors on 10 May 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Li 2000	Li P	2000	Effect of triple therapy combined with acupoint injection of Hua Chan Su on liver function	Compilation of the twelfth national symposium on digestive diseases in the Chinese academy of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine	ND	ND	210	The study author has changed his job. We could not get his current contact information
Li 2003	Li P	2003	Clinical study on treatment of chronic hepatitis B with Huachansu acupoint injection	Chinese Journal of Celiopathy	3	11	800‐801	The study author has changed his job. We could not get his current contact information
Li 2007	Li YC	2007	28 people with chronic severe hepatitis B jaundice treated with injection of dexamethasone in acupoint of Zusanli	Chinese Medicine External Governance Magazine	16	6	31‐32	We could not find any contact information for study authors
Li 2011b	Li Y	2011	108 people with chronic hepatitis B treated with acupoint application	ND	ND	ND	101‐103	We contacted study authors on 28 April and 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Li 2014	Li XY	2014	Clinical observation of treatment of liver disease with acupoint application	Contemporary Medicine Forum	12	4	140‐141	We could not get any contact information for study authors
Li 2015	Li SQ	2015	The effect observation of acupuncture combined with diammonium glycyrrhizinate injection in chronic hepatitis B	China Journal of Public Health	31	ND	277‐278	We could not find any contact information for study authors
Liu 1999	Liu SJ	1999	Clinical analysis of 35 people with chronic hepatitis B treated with Chinese medicine repellent drug combined with interferon	Chinese Medicine Technology	6	2	110‐111	We could not find any contact information for study authors
Liu 2003	Liu YL	2003	Therapeutic effect of wick moxibustion combined with thymosin on anti‐HBe positive chronic hepatitis B	JCAM	19	9	39‐40	We contacted study authors on 25 April and 27 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Liu 2006	Liu WT	2006	Clinical observation of acupuncture combined with Chinese medicine in treating chronic hepatitis B	Lishizhen Medicine and Materia Medica Research	17	8	1532‐1533	We contacted study authors on 10 May 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Liu 2011	Liu W	2011	Clinical study of acupoint application combined with Qinghua Jiedu decoction in treating damp heat syndrome of hepatitis B	Beijing Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine	30	10	726‐730	The study author has changed his job. We could not get his current contact information
Liu 2015	Liu CG	2015	Clinical observation of acupoint application combined with interferon on treating chronic hepatitis B	Inner Mongolia Traditional Chinese Medicine	34	4	92‐93	We tried to contact study authors on 28 April 2018 by phone: we could not contact the people
Lu 2011	Lu Y	2011	Summary of 33 people with chronic hepatitis B hypochondriac pain treated with acupoint application of Shugan Huayu decoction	Hunan Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine	27	6	21‐22	We contacted study authors on 10 May 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Lu 2016a	Lu JP	2016	Clinical study on internal medicine combined with acupuncture and moxibustion for treatment of refractory cirrhosis ascites	Journal of Sichuan of Traditional Chinese Medicine	34	8	160‐162	We contacted study authors on 25 April and 27 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Lu 2016b	Lu LQ	2016	Effect of Yongquan acupoint application on chronic hepatitis B patients with insomnia	Journal of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine	36	S2	1383	We contacted study authors on 10 May 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Ma 2001	Ma HQ	2001	Treating chronic hepatitis‐B by massage at meridian	Chinese Journal of the Practical Chinese With Modern Medicine	1	11	2480	We contacted study authors on 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Miao 2007	Miao AJ	2007	Lamivudine combined with thymosin injection in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B: a clinical observation of 94 people	Shandong Medical Journal	47	26	81	We contacted study authors on 30 September 2018 by phone: study authors refused to provide any further information
Peng 2002	Peng CL	2002	Clinical observation of moxibustion and medicine in treating chronic hepatitis B in 32 people	Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine	1	ND	27	We contacted study authors on 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Peng 2003	Peng PS	2003	Clinical research of modified formula 'Yi Guan Jiang' combine with acupuncture in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B	Hunan University of Chinese Medicine	ND	ND	ND	We could not find any contact information for study authors
Ruan 2009	Ruan YD	2009	Clinical study on treatment of YMDD variant chronic hepatitis B by acupoint injection of hepatitis and Huangmao injection	Journal of New Chinese Medicine	41	1	28‐29	We contacted study authors on 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Shao 2009	Shao ZL	2009	Clinical observations on reducing effect of midnight‐midday ebb flow acupuncture on chronic hepatitis B HBV‐YMDD mutation	Shanghai J Acu‐mox	28	12	694‐695	We contacted study authors on 28 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Shen 2004	Shen JJ	2004	The observation of curative effect on chronic hepatitis B by point injection of thymosin	ND	ND	ND	ND	We contacted study authors on 28 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Sun 2000	Sun MT	2000	Clinical observation on 84 people of asymptomatic hepatitis B virus carriers treated by acupoint injection	Journal of Nanjing TCM University	16	3	174‐175	We contacted study authors on 28 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Sun 2008	Sun H	2008	Clinical research on 'Ganshu plaster' in treating hepatitis B liver cirrhosis with therapy of point sticking	Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine				We could not find any contact information for study authors
Tan 2009	Tan SZ	2009	The effect of small dose dexamethasone injection in Zusanli point on treatment of early liver failure	Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine on Liver Diseases	19	4	241‐243	We tried to contact study authors on 30 April by phone: we could not contact the people
Tang 2001	Tang JP	2001	The effect of acupoint electrical stimulation with low frequency on hepatitis B	Chinese Journal of International Medicine	1	1	74	We contacted study authors on 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Tang 2014	Tang HL	2014	Clinical observation on 36 people with chronic hepatitis B treated by interventional interferon	Asia‐Pacific Traditional Medicine	10	24	12—14	We contacted study authors on 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Wang 2002	Wang CJ	2002	Clinical observation on acupoint injection for chronic hepatitis B	Journal of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine	18	4	14	We contacted study authors on 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Wang 2014	Wang YM	2014	Clinical study on treatment of chronic hepatitis B with adefovir dipivoxil combined with moxibustion and liver acupoints	China Practice of Medicine	9	15	148‐149	We contacted study authors on 23 April and 27 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Wang 2015	Wang Y	2015	Effect of acupoint application of Chinese herbal medicine on hepatitis B cirrhosis with water dropsy	Clinical Practice of Combination of Chinese Traditional and Western Medicine	15	7	72‐73	We could not find any contact information for study authors
Wang 2017	Wang LX	2017	Effect evaluation and nursing of adjuvant treatment of viral hepatitis by ginger moxibustion	Today Nurse	ND	3	147‐148	We contacted study authors on 23 April and 27 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Wei 2014	Wei WD	2014	Preliminary clinical observation of moxibustion combined lamivudine for chronic hepatitis B liver and spleen deficiency	Master's thesis of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine	ND	ND	ND	We could not find any contact information for study authors
Wu 2012	Wu YB	2012	Treatment of 30 people with chronic hepatitis B with acupoint injection of oxymatrine	Journal of Shanxi of Traditional Chinese Medicine	33	1	12‐14	We contacted study authors on 23 April and 27 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Xue 2007	Xue YH	2007	Clinical observation on 60 people with chronic hepatitis B with liver fibrosis treated by combination therapy	Journal of Jiangsu of Traditional Chinese Medicine	39	8	35‐36	We contacted study authors on 23 April and 27 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Xue 2008	Xue SK	2008	Clinical observation on 37 people with chronic hepatitis B treated with acupoint injection of oxymatrine	Shandong Medical Journal	48	25	24	We contacted study authors on 23 April and 27 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Yan 2002	Yan YZ	2002	Curative effect observation of Ara‐AMP point injection in treating chronic hepatitis B	Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology	16	3	292	We could not find any contact information for study authors
Yang 2000	Yang DQ	2000	Observation on the therapeutic effect of 'Tou tian liang' acupuncture combined with anti‐hepatitis B immunoribonucleic acid on 64 chronic HBV carriers with vertical infection	Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion	ND	1	31‐32	We contacted study authors on 23 April and 27 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Yang 2011	Yang ZH	2011	Treatment of 64 people with HBeAg‐positive chronic hepatitis B with α‐2b interferon combined with astragalus injection	Information on Traditional Chinese Medicine	28	6	94‐95	We contacted study authors on 23 April and 27 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Zhang 2005	Zhang W	2005	Clinical observation of acupoint injection of interferon α‐2b combined with oxymatrine in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B	Modern Journal of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine	14	15	1998‐1999	We contacted study authors on 23 April and 27 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Zhang 2006	Zhang B	2006	Therapeutic effect of intra‐acupoint injection of Cinobufacin on active cirrhosis	Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine	5	8	1077‐1078	The study author has changed his job. We could not get his current contact information
Zhang 2007	Zhang Y	2007	Effect of injecting thymosin α1 at Zusanli point on T lymphocyte subset in chronic hepatitis B patient	Chinese Journal of Microecology	19	2	189‐190	We could not get any contact information for study authors
Zhang 2010	Zhang SM	2010	Curative effect observation and nursing care on chronic hepatitis B by oxymatrine injection at Zusanli point	World Health Digest Medical Periodical	7	7	245‐246	We contacted study authors on 28 April and 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Zhang 2012	Zhang WW	2012	Effect of acupoint injection of interferon alpha on T lymphocyte subsets in patients with chronic hepatitis B	Modern Journal of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine	21	21	2339‐2341	We contacted the study author on 10 May by phone: the study author refused to provide any further information
Zhang 2014	Zhang Q	2014	Effect of acupuncture combined with western medicine on cellular immune function in patients with cirrhosis after hepatitis B	ND	ND	33	29	The study author has changed his job. We could not get his current contact information
Zhang 2015	Zhang SP	2015	Influence of acupoints injection with Xiang Dan injection on clinical effects of chronic hepatitis B	Traditional Chinese Medicine of Western Region	28	11	115‐117	The study author has changed his job. We could not get his current contact information
Zhang 2016	Zhang L	2016	Curative effect observation on 23 people with chronic hepatitis B treated with acupoint injection of Polyporus polysaccharide combined with entecavir	Inner Mongolia Traditional Chinese Medicine	35	6	471‐472	We contacted study authors on 28 April and 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Zhou 2008	Zhou M	2008	Treatment of 50 people with chronic hepatitis B with Qinggan Jiedu paste	TCM Research	21	11	27‐29	We contacted study authors on 25 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Zhu 2011	Zhu Q	2011	Clinical research of acupoint injection with Huangqi treating chronic hepatitis B and discussion of TCM external treatment	Chinese Archives of Traditional Chinese Medicine	29	12	2695‐2697	We contacted study authors on 25 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Zhuo 2012	Zhuo XY	2012	Therapeutic effect of lamivudine combined with meridian flow injection on chronic hepatitis B	Nurse Training Magazine	27	11	1039‐1041	We contacted study authors on 28 April and 30 April 2018 by phone: we received no reply. We could not find email addresses
Yao 2005	Yao QY	2008	Clinical observation and nursing on Huachanshu acupoint injection therapy in treating patients with chronic hepatitis B and TAP‐positive	Conference Proceeding of the Clinic of the Second Hospital of Nanjing	6	ND	62‐3	We could not obtain the original full article
Zhao 2004	Zhao QX	2004	Observation on acupuncture point irradiation of HeNe laser for the treatment of chronic B hepatitis	China Journal of Modern Medicine	1	1	46‐7	We could not obtain the original full article
Qian 1994	Qian CF	1994	Clinical observation on increased acupoint injection for interdicting the replication of chronic hepatitis B virus	Zhejing Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine	ND	ND	155	We could not obtain the original full article
HBBAC 1994	Anonymous	1994	Hepatitis B associated with an acupuncture clinic	Communicable disease report	CDR Weekly 2	48	219	We could not obtain the original full article
Arya 1989	Arya SC	1989	Acupuncture in epidemic HBV hepatitis: other ritual surgical procedures in Africa as well	Hepatology (Baltimore, Md)	9	3	511	We could not obtain the original full article
Manning 2000	Manning GL	2000	Hepatitis carriers and acupuncture	Acupuncture in Medicine	18	ND	70	We could not obtain the original full article