Table 1.

Efficacy of acupuncture in analgesia confirmed by many RCTs

Efficacy of acupuncture analgesia on acute and chronic pain	References
Acupuncture for acute pain
1. Postoperative pain	[17]
2. Emergency department and acute trauma setting	[18-21]
3. Acute back pain	[23-26]
4. Labour pain	[27-30]
5. Dysmenorrhea	[35-38]
6. Tension-type headaches and migraine	[42-46]
Acupuncture for chronic pain
1. Chronic low back pain	[52-67]
2. Chronic headache	[42,43,70-77]
3. Osteoarthritis knee pain	[51,79-87]
4. Chronic neck pain	[91-93]
5. Chronic shoulder pain	[96-99]