Systematic evaluation and meta analysis of acupuncture in treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease in combination with Chinese medicine

[Objective] Systematic evaluation of acupuncture in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease with meta analysis to explore the clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with Chinese medicine against gastroesophageal reflux disease. [Method] Computer retrieves Cochrane Library, PubMed, CNKI, VIP (VIP), WAN-FANG Database. With risk assessment, the efficacy of acupuncture combined with Chinese medicine in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, recurrence rate, plasma gastrokinin (MOT) and symptom integrals are analyzed statistically. [Results] In total, 18 literature, Meta analysis showed that: 1) Acupuncture combined with Chinese medicine in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease has a higher rate than in the western medicine group [OR= 3.14,95% CI (2.24,3.40), P≈ 0.01] .2) Acupuncture combined with Chinese medicine for gastroesophageal reflux disease recurrence rate [OR= 0.31,95% CI (0.14,0.68) , P≈ 0.01] .3) In terms of plasma MOT lifting in patients, acupuncture combined with Chinese medicine better than Western medicine group [SMD= 61.02,95% CI (44.18,77.87), P≈ 0.01] .4) Acupuncture combined with Chinese medicine group better than Western medicine group [SMD= 2.99,95% CI (1.58,4.39) 01]. [Conclusion] The efficacy of acupuncture combined with Chinese medicine in terms of total efficiency, recurrence rate, improvement of symptoms, plasma MOT.