[Acupoint application for Hashimoto's thyroiditis with liver- stagnation: a randomized controlled trial].

Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy and safety of acupoint application for Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) with liver- stagnation.

Methods: One hundred and fifty patients of HT with liver- stagnation were randomly divided into an acupoint application group (75 cases, 11 cases were excluded, 5 cases dropped out) and a control group (75 cases, 12 cases excluded, 3 cases dropped out). Based on the health education combined with conventional western medicine treatment, the patients in the acupoint application group were treated with acupoint application, while the patients in the control group were treated with placebo acupoint application.