The clinical efficacy of auricular acupuncture in the treatment of frequent episodic tension-type headache: a single-blind randomized controlled trial
The study was retrospectively registered in the International Traditional Medicine Clinical Trial Registry (ITMCTR2025000363) on January 20, 2025.
Authors
- Tao Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3687-8945)
- Wenli Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4650-9154)
- Yongmei Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4190-4308)
- Jing Jin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2710-4243)
- Gaofeng Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5028-9717)
- Ziwen Xu
- Xiaxia Jin
Institutions
- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Integrated Chinese Medicine (China) (HK)
- Foshan Hospital of TCM (CN)
- Lishui City People's Hospital (CN)
- Stiftung für Forschung in Spätantike und Mittelalter HR. Sennhauser (CH)
- Affiliated Hospital of Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
- Published
- 2025-08-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-025-05063-x
- Primary Topic
- Migraine and Headache Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China