Effect of Acupuncture Combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine on Lipid Metabolism and Hyperandrogenism in Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / 世界科学技术-中医药现代化

ABSTRACT

This study was aimed to investigate the effect of acupuncture combined with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) on the incidence of lipid metabolism and the incidence of hyperandrogenism in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).The clinical data of 85 PCOS cases in our hospital from March 2015 to August 2016 were retrospectively analyzed.There were TCM treatment group and acupuncture combined with TCM group according to the treatment method.The difference of blood lipid level,hormone level,incidence rate of hyperandrogenism and clinical symptom score before and after treatment in both groups were observed.The results showed that the incidence rate of hyperandrogenism was 2.22％ in the acupuncture combined with TCM group,which was significantly lower than TCM group (x2=7.070,P =0.008).There was no difference on blood lipid level before treatment in both groups.After treatment,levels of TC,LDL-C and TG of the acupuncture combined with TCM group were significantly lower than those of the TCM group;however,level of HDL-C was higher than that of the TCM group (t =1.817,-3.627,2.554,2.226,P ＜0.05).There was no difference on hormone levels before treatment.After treatment,hormone levels of the acupuncture combined with TCM group were significantly lower than the TCM group.Before treatment,there was no difference on TCM symptom score between both groups.After treatment,the TCM symptom score of the acupuncture combined with TCM group was significantly lower than that of the TCM group.It was concluded that acupuncture combined with TCM had a better therapeutic effect on PCOS.It can improve the blood lipid level of patients and reduce the incidence of hyperandrogenism.It had good clinical value.