Pediatric tuina for the treatment of anorexia in children under 14 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Liang SB, Lai BY, Cao HJ, Cai QH, Bai X, Li J, Zhang YP, Chi Y, Robinson N, Liu JP. · Complementary Therapies in Medicine · 2020 June
DOI 10.1016/j.ctim.2020.102411
Objective
To evaluate the effects and safety of pediatric tuina as a non-pharmaceutical therapy for anorexia in children under 14 years.
Conclusions
The results of this review showed that tuina was better than western medicine or Chinese herbs on increasing significant effective rate and food intake for anorexia in children under 14 years.
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