Are hives treated effectively with acupuncture?

Acupuncture for hives has some effect, but the exact effect varies from person to person.
Urticaria is equivalent to addiction rash in Chinese medicine. Acupuncture treatment for addiction rash is based on the principle of eliminating wind and relieving itching (relieving itching by eliminating wind evils that invade the surface of the muscle), nourishing blood and camp (regulating the blood in the camp), and the commonly used acupuncture points in clinic are Quchi, Hedu, Sea of Blood, Commissioning Center, and Diaphragm Yu.
If the addictive rash belongs to wind-heat attacking the surface evidence, with large vertebrae, wind pool; belongs to wind-cold attacking the surface evidence, with Fengmen, Lung Yu; belongs to the gastrointestinal accumulation of heat evidence, with the foot Sanli, Tianshu; belongs to the blood deficiency and wind dryness evidence, with the foot Sanli, Sanyinjiao. For dyspnea, with Tian Tu; for nausea and vomiting, with Nei Guan.
Urticaria patients need to pay attention to avoid wind and cold, avoid eating fish, shrimp and crab, spicy food, diet should be light, away from allergens.
Urticaria patients are advised to seek medical treatment in time. Needling needs to be operated by professional doctors.