Clinical observation onpreventive treatment of primary dysmenorrhea with acupuncture of regulating Qi and relieving pain / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the effect of preventive treatment of primary dysmenorrhea (belonging to syndrome of stagnation of Qi and blood) by using “acupunctureof regulating Qi and relieving pain”. Methods 60 patientsfrom January 2013 to November 2013(in acupuncture and moxibustion department of Beijing Chinese Medicine Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University), with Qi and blood stasis type of primary dysmenorrhea were randomly divided into a treatment group (formula of regulating Qi and relieving pain)and a control group(routine acupuncture group), 30 cases in each group. The treatment group was treated with acupuncturing onlieque,fenglong,ligou as the main points while the control group withhegu, diji, sanyinjiao as the main points. All patients received 3 times of acupuncture treatment at the beginning of the week before menstruation and were treated three menstrual cycles altogether. VAS scores, length of pain and CMSSⅡscores during baseline period and three menstrual cycles were observed in order to determine the clinical effects. Results VAS score, length of pain and CMSSⅡscores were significantly reduced than before(P0.05). Conclusion Acupuncture of regulating Qi and relieving painmay effectively relieve pain, shortenlength of pain, improve symptoms of dysmenorrhea severity. It has a significant preventive treatment for Qi and blood stasis type of primary dysmenorrhea.