ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2022
Dynamic Pain-Related Changes in Pulse-Graph Measurements in Patients with Primary Dysmenorrhea before and after Electroacupuncture Intervention and Its Correlation with TCM Pattern.
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- Suboptimal reporting of randomized controlled trials on non-pharmacological therapies in Chinese medicine.Frontiers of medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Leonurine Exerts an Anti-Primary Dysmenorrhea Effect in Rats by Inactivating the JNK/p38 Pathway.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Endogenous mediators in regulating primary dysmenorrhea.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
- Blood Stasis Syndrome Accelerates the Growth and Metastasis of Breast Cancer by Promoting Hypoxia and Immunosuppressive Microenvironment in Mice.Journal of immunology research · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore the dynamic changes recorded in pulse graph related to the changes in the severity of pain before and after electroacupuncture (EA) intervention among young women suffering from primary dysmenorrhea (PD).
methodsA total of 147 female college students were recruited in this study. Based on participants' symptoms associated with menstruation, they were divided into the PD group and the healthy control group. In addition, participants in the PD group were further sorted into the Cold Coagulation and Blood Stasis Pattern (CCBSP) and Qi Stagnation and Blood Stasis Pattern (QSBSP) based on TCM diagnoses and their pulses differences. Participants in the PD group received EA at maximal pain during menstruation. The primary acupuncture points selected were SP 6 and RN 3, additional RN 4 for CCBSP, and LR 3 for QSBSP. Four observation time points were 7-10 days before menstruation (
results(1) The average VAS score in the PD group decreased from 5.44 ± 1.46 at
conclusionEA is effective in relieving primary dysmenorrhea. Our results showed the opposite changing of the pulse graph recorded before the onset of pain to the maximum pain and that from maximum pain to pain relief. Indeed, there were differences in the recorded pulse graphs between CCBSP and QSBSP (two patterns of PD) as described in traditional Chinese pulses diagnosis. The study has been registered in the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (registered number: ChiCTR2000040065; registered date: 2020/11/19).
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