ABSTRACT
This study was aimed to analyze and summarize the intervention rule on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) external treatment of primary dysmenorrhea,in order to provide theoretical evidences for clinical treatment.Articles on TCM external treatment of primary dysmenorrhea published both at home and abroad were search in the CNKI from January Ft,2014 to January Ft,2017.After standard screening,the frequency analysis,cluster analysis and association analysis were conducted.The results showed that acupuncture was the mostly used TCM external treatment of primary dysmenorrhea,which was far more than other types of TCM external treatments.Theoretical studies on single usie of acupuncture or single use of moxibustion were far more than clinical trials.The acupoint used with the highest frequency in primary dysmenorrhea treatment was SP-6 Sanyinjiao.RN-4 Guanyuan was the second and SP-8 Diji was the third.A total of 22 classic acupoint combinations were identified.It was concluded that the main external intervention method of primary dysmenorrhea was acupuncture with SP-6,RN-4 and SP-8 as its main acupoints.There are a total of 22 classic acupoint combinations
ABSTRACT
This study was aimed to summarize and analyze acupoint selection rule of acupuncture in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea in recent years,and to guide acupoint selection and compatibility in clinical practice.Relevant literatures in recent years were retrieved from the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) full-text database.And then,literatures involving acupuncture prescriptions were summarized.Data were integrated and input.Finally,the SPSS software was combined to analyze the data of acupoint selection in the acupuncture prescription to achieve the conclusion.The results showed that in the acupuncture treatment of primary dysmenorrhea,the main meridian selections were the Ren Meridian and the Spleen Meridian of Foot Taiyin.The generally used acupoints were SP6-Sanyinjiao,RN4-Guanyuan,SPS-Diji,and etc.The multi-point compatibility therapy was used.It was concluded that although the advantages of acupuncture in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea are prominent,the pathogenesis is mainly related to the liver,spleen and kidney,which are recognized by most physicians.However,there are still large differences in acupoint compatibility and acupoint selection.Hence,there are still no unified,scientific and standardized diagnosis and treatment standards.Further exploration should be made to guide clinical practice.