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Table 1 Eligibility criteria

From: The effect of TCM acupuncture on hot flushes among menopausal women (ACUFLASH) study: A study protocol of an ongoing multi-centre randomised controlled clinical trial

Inclusion criteria

Postmenopausal (>1 year past last menstruation)

Willing to receive acupuncture

Mean value of ≥7 hot flushes/24 hours during a time period of 7 days

Exclusion criteria

Surgical menopause

History of cancer within the past five years

Use of anticoagulant drugs

Heart valve disease

Poorly controlled hypertension

Poorly controlled hypothyroidism

Hyperthyroidism

Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus

Organ transplant

Mental disease

Overt drug or alcohol dependency

Inability to complete study forms

Use of HRT (Wash out period: 8 weeks for systemic and 4 weeks for local use)

Use of SSRI (Wash out period: 8 weeks)