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. 2021 Sep 30;24(3):93–106. doi: 10.3831/KPI.2021.24.3.93

Table 4.

Interventions reported in alopecia clinical studies

Intervention Number of papers n (%) Number of cases n (%)
Herbal medicine 17 (77.3%) 25 (83.3%)
Acupuncture 15 (68.2%) 22 (73.3%)
Pharmacopuncture 9 (40.9%) 9 (30.0%)
External medicine or product 7 (31.8%) 11 (36.7%)
Phototherapy 4 (18.2%) 4 (13.3%)
Cupping therapy, Life management, Microneedling, Needle-embedding 2 (9.1%) 2 (6.7%)
Blood-letting therapy, Moxibustion (Zhuang medicine), Galvanic 1 (4.5%) 1 (3.3%)
Total 22 30