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Therefore, the present study aimed at evaluating the effect of acupuncture along with conventional therapies on the treatment of AR.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n The present randomized, clinical trial was performed on 51 patients with AR. All patients underwent standard AR treatment under the supervision of a specialist physician. Twenty-four patients were treated with acupuncture and 27 patients were considered as the control group. The improvement degree of AR symptoms was evaluated and recorded at baseline, 2 weeks, and 6 weeks after the treatment.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n The results of this study revealed that a decrease in the runny nose score with a mean of 4.59 \u00b1 3.04 and a decrease in the sneezing score with a mean of 5.30 \u00b1 2.92 were significantly more than those of the control group with a means of 2.85 \u00b1 1.56 and 2.78 \u00b1 1.28, respectively (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n value < 0.05). 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