| | Study ID | Interventions | | Control group | Treatment group | Acupuncture moxibustion course |
| | Zhao, 2019 | Air pressure treatment | Electroacupuncture at LI4, LI11, SJ5, LI15, RN6, ST25, RN12, SP10, ST36, RN9, SP9, CO17, CO18, TG2p + air pressure treatment | 3 × per week for 2 months (24 total) | | Zhan, 2017 | Functional training (move up with hands against the wall, rotation and extension of upper limbs, and pulling a rope) | Acupuncture at RN12, RN10, RN6, RN4, ST24, ST26 | 1 × per day for 28 days (28 total) | | Zhao, 2012 | Comprehensive conservative treatment measures (raising the affected limb, hot compress, physical therapy, centripetal massage, wearing tights, using elastic bandage) | Moxibustion at LI4, LI15, SJ5, LI11, GB21, SI9, SJ14, LI14, LU1, LU7, RN7, SP9, ST36, LR3 | 5 × per week for 9 weeks (45 total) | | Yang, 2017 | Pneumatic circulation-driven pressure therapy | Moxibustion at LI11, LI14, SI9, DU3 | 2 × per week for 4 weeks (8 total) | | Liu, 2019 | Oral diosmin | Moxibustion at LI15, SJ5, SP9, LI11, RN9, ST36 | 1 × 2 days for 28 days (14 total) | | Liu Y., 2019 | Manual lymphatic drainage | Warm needling at LI15, GB21, SJ14, LI4, SJ5, LI11, LU7, RN9, SP9 | 1 × per day for 42 days (42 total) | | Huang, 2014 | Functional training + life care + oral hydrochlorothiazide, spironolactone | Moxibustion at LI15, GB21, SJ14, LI4, SJ5, LI11, LU7, RN9, SP9, LI14, SI9 | 5 × per week for 6 weeks (30 total) | | Jiang, 2015 | Air pressure wave therapy | Thunder‐fire moxibustion at ST36, LI4, LI11, DU14, GB21, LR3, BL17, RN6 | 5 × per week for 8 weeks (40 total) | | Yao, 2016 | Oral diosmin | Acupuncture at LI15, SJ5, SJ14 and moxibustion at SJ5, LI15, and SJ14 | 1 × 2 days for 30 days (15 total) | | Bao, 2018 | Standard lymphedema treatments, such as exercise and compression garments | Acupuncture at CV12, CV3, TE14, LI15, LU5, LI4, ST36, SP6 | 2 × per week for 6 weeks (12 total) | | Chen, 2018 | Functional training + life care | Chinese medicine packet plus acupoint massage at LI1, SJ5, LU5, LU2, GB21, BL13 | 1 × per day for 28 days (28 total) | | Zhang, 2016 | Upper limbs functional exercise | Cupping at the most swollen site after bloodletting with a plum blossom needle | 1 × 5 days for 50 days (10 total) |
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