The article, “Effect of acupuncture on gut microbiota in participants with subjective cognitive decline”,[ which appears in Volume 101, Issue 18 of Medicine, is being retracted due to improper authorship, the use of data without appropriate consent, and omitting the citation of Yan, Zhou, Wang, et al[ in the following relevant sections: inclusion and exclusion criteria, intervention methods, clinical outcome indicators, and Figure 1. The authors agreed to retract this article.