ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2021
The Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Review of Clinical Application and Mechanism.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Ziziphus jujuba, metformin, and myoinositol on pregnancy rates and metabolic parameters in infertile women with PCOS: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of ovarian research · 2026Trial
- Plant Flavonoid-Enriched Functional Foods for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Dietary Sources, Bioavailability Enhancement, and Personalized Intervention Strategies.Food science & nutrition · 2026Review
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- Effect of Xiaonang Yusi decoction () on IVF outcomes in patients with phlegm-dampness type PCOS: a prospective cohort study with supporting metabolomics, network pharmacology, and molecular docking analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Mechanisms of traditional Chinese medicine regulating polycystic ovary syndrome through gut microbiota: a review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Review
- Exploring the therapeutic potential of phytochemicals apigenin and ellagic acid in managing polycystic ovarian syndrome and its comorbidities: a comprehensive review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Review
- Combination of Diane-35 and Cangfu Daotan Wan Effectively Ameliorates Inflammatory Response, Stress State, and Hormone Levels in Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), Leading to Significant Improvement in Clinical Treatment Outcomes.International journal of women's health · 2025Article
- Use of complementary and alternative medicine among females with polycystic ovary syndrome in Jordan: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Non-pharmacological interventions of traditional Chinese medicine in treating polycystic ovary syndrome: a group consensus.Integrative medicine research · 2024Article
- Diagnosis, Management, and Associated Comorbidities of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Narrative Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- Incretin Hormone Secretion in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Roles of Obesity, Insulin Sensitivity and Treatment with Metformin and GLP-1s.Biomedicines · 2024Review
- Insulin resistance in polycystic ovary syndrome across various tissues: an updated review of pathogenesis, evaluation, and treatment.Journal of ovarian research · 2023Review
- Effects of TCM on polycystic ovary syndrome and its cellular endocrine mechanism.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Review
- Beneficial effect of polyherbal formulation in letrozole induced Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2022Article
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- Combination of electroacupuncture and pharmacological treatment improves insulin resistance in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: Double-blind randomized clinical trial.International journal of reproductive biomedicine · 2022Article
- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Complex Disease with a Genetics Approach.Biomedicines · 2022Review
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Comprehensive Review of Pathogenesis, Management, and Drug Repurposing.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- A comparison of the effects of cinnamon, ginger, and metformin consumption on metabolic health, anthropometric indices, and sexual hormone levels in women with poly cystic ovary syndrome: A randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled clinical trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
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Abstract
As a reproductive endocrine disease, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has influenced billions of women during childbearing age worldwide. Owing to its complex etiology and ambiguous pathogenesis, there is still not a specific method to cure it. Clinical treatments, such as hormone therapy and surgical treatment, have side effects. Therefore, it is essential and urgent to seek alternative treatment to solve these problems. The satisfactory efficacy of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), such as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), immunotherapy, medicinal foods, vitamin therapy, diet therapy, psychotherapy, spa, and oxygen therapy, in treating PCOS, has aroused an increasing number of medical workers' concern and gradually become the mainstream. This paper reviews the application of CAM in the treatment of PCOS, especially from the perspective of TCM. Meanwhile, the limitations of the literature about CAM in the treatment of PCOS are mentioned and analyzed as well.
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