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ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2014

Effect of acupuncture on premature ovarian failure: a pilot study.

Yingru Chen, Yigong Fang, Jinsheng Yang, Fei Wang, Yingying Wang, Li Yang

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Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. The Treatment of Complementary and Alternative Medicine on Premature Ovarian Failure.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021
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  17. Update on primary ovarian insufficiency.Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yingru ChenInstitute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No. 16 Dong Zhi Men Nei Nan Xiao Jie, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100700, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6958-0803
Yigong FangInstitute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No. 16 Dong Zhi Men Nei Nan Xiao Jie, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100700, China.
Jinsheng YangInstitute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No. 16 Dong Zhi Men Nei Nan Xiao Jie, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100700, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9220-9199
Fei WangInstitute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion of the Hospital Affiliated to Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, No. 314 An Shan Xi Dao, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300193, China.
Yingying WangInstitute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No. 16 Dong Zhi Men Nei Nan Xiao Jie, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100700, China.
Li YangInstitute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No. 16 Dong Zhi Men Nei Nan Xiao Jie, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100700, China.
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNTianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To investigate the effect of acupuncture on women with premature ovarian failure (POF), prospective consecutive case series study was applied. 31 women with POF were included; all patients were treated with acupuncture once every other day, three times a week for three months. Acupoints, GV 20, GV 24, GB 13, CV 3, CV 4, BL 23, BL 32, ST 25, ST 28, ST 29, ST 36, SP 6, KI 3, and LR 3, were selected. Serums FSH, E2, and LH level, Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), and Kupperman score were measured at baseline and at the end of treatment; the menstrual cycle was recorded during one-month follow-up. Compared with baseline, patients' serums FSH and LH were decreased, E2 was increased, and SAS score and Kupperman score were decreased. Four patients resumed menstrual cycle after treatment and two resumed during follow-up. No serious adverse events were found in all patients. The results indicate that acupuncture may decrease serums FSH and LH level, raise serum E2 level, relieve anxiety, reduce mental stress, and improve the menopausal symptoms.

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