title: Acupuncture for acute hordeolum.
abstract: This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: The objective of this review is to determine the effects and, when possible, the safety of acupuncture for the treatment of acute hordeola, in comparison to no specific treatment (e.g., observation), sham acupuncture, or other active treatments. Acupuncture as an adjuvant to another treatment also will be compared to that treatment alone.
authors.affiliation: College of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Xue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: College of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Menghu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Center for Evidence-based Medicine, Brown University Public Health Program, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
authors.forename: L Susan
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Wieland
authors.affiliation: College of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Research Center of Acupuncture & Meridians, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Xueyong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: School of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Lixing
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lao