Tibetan herbal pain-relieving plaster for low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Yang M, Li SQ, Smith CM, Zhang YL, Bao T
Published in Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
Methodology
Systematic review and random-effects meta-analysis of nine clinical trials (1674 patients) of CheeZheng Pain-Relieving Plaster for acute, subacute and chronic low back pain.
Key Findings
In acute low back pain, the plaster added to diclofenac significantly reduced pain (mean difference -0.84, 95% CI -1.31 to -0.37) and improved back function; adverse events were mostly mild skin reactions.
Conclusions
A topical herbal plaster may add modest short-term pain relief in acute low back pain, though trial quality is limited.
Limitations
Mostly Chinese-language trials with unclear risk of bias, short duration, limited chronic pain data.
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