Background.—Migraine prevalence is high and affects a relevant rate of adults in the productive phase of their life.Acupuncture has been increasingly advocated and used in Western countries for migraine treatment, but the evidence of its effectiveness
still remains weak. A large variability of treatments is present in published studies and no acupoint selection according toTCM has
been investigated so far; therefore, the low level of evidence of acupuncture effectiveness might partly depend on inappropriate
treatment.