Abstract:
Objective
To systematically review the efficacy and safety of acupuncture at point EX-UE10 for patients with infantile anorexia.
Methods
PubMed, EMbase, The Cochrane Library, CNKI,CBM and WanFang Data databases were electronically searched to collect the randomized controlled trials about acupuncture at point EX-UE10 versus conventional drugs for patients with infantile anorexia from inception toJanuary,2018. Two reviewers independently screened the literature, extracted the data and assessed the risk of bias of included studies, and meta-analysis was then performed using RevMan 5.3 software.
Results
A total of 8 studies involving 737 patients with infantile anorexia were included. Meta-analysis showed that: compared with the control group, acupuncture at point EX-UE10 was more effective in treating infantile anorexia, and there was significant difference between two groups［OR=4.37,95%CI(2.87，6.66)，P＜0.000 01］; in the eight studies included, no significant adverse reactions were reported with the experiment group.
ConclusionThe treatment of acupuncture at point EX-UE10 is effective for patients with infantile anorexia, and is simple and easy to operate with high safety, so it is worthy of wide use in clinics. Due to limited quantity and quality of the included studies, the above conclusion needs to be further verified by more high quality studies.

Key words: Infantile anorexia, Acupuncture therapy, Point EX-UE10, Efficacy, Safety, Systematic review, Meta-analysis, Randomized controlled trial