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Acupuncture - Safe, Effective for Late
Pregnancy Back Pain
The researchers designed the study to evaluate the analgesic
effect and possible adverse effects of acupuncture for pelvic
and low-back pain during the last trimester of pregnancy.
Following individual informed consent, 72 pregnant women
reporting pelvic or low-back pain were randomized during pregnancy
weeks 24-37 to an acupuncture group (n = 37) or to a control
group (n = 35) at three maternity wards in southern Sweden.
Traditional acupuncture points and local tender points (TP)
were chosen according to individual pain patterns and stimulated
once or twice a week until delivery or complete recovery in
acupuncture patients. Control patients were given no sham
stimulation.
Throughout the study period each patient made weekly visual
analog scale (VAS) evaluations of maximal and minimal pain
intensity as well as three-point assessments of pain intensity
during various activities.
During the study period, VAS scores of pain intensity decreased
over time in 60% of patients in the acupuncture group and
in 14% of those in the control group.
At the end of the study period, 43% of the acupuncture patients
were less bothered than initially by pain during activity
compared with 9% of control patients. No serious adverse effects
of acupuncture were found in the patients, and there were
no adverse effects at all in the infants.
Acupuncture relieves low-back and pelvic pain without serious
adverse effects in late pregnancy.
Kvorning N, et al. Acupuncture relieves pelvic and low-back
pain in late pregnancy. Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica
83(3):246-50.
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Acupuncture in patients with dysmenorrhea: a randomized study on clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in usual care.
By: Witt CM, Reinhold T, Brinkhaus B, Roll S, Jena S, Willich SN. Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany. claudia.witt@charite.de
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of acupuncture in patients with dysmenorrhea.
STUDY DESIGN: In a randomized controlled trial plus non-randomized cohort, patients with dysmenorrhea were randomized to acupuncture (15 sessions over three months) or to a control group (no acupuncture). Patients who declined randomization received acupuncture treatment. All subjects were allowed to receive usual medical care.
RESULTS: Of 649 women (mean age 36.1 +/- 7.1 years), 201 were randomized. After three months, the average pain intensity (NRS 0-10) was lower in the acupuncture compared to the control group: 3.1 (95% CI 2.7; 3.6) vs. 5.4 (4.9; 5.9), difference -2.3 (-2.9; -1.6); P<.001. The acupuncture group had better quality of life and higher costs. (overall ICER 3,011 euros per QALY).
CONCLUSION: Additional acupuncture in patients with dysmenorrhea was associated with improvements in pain and quality of life as compared to treatment with usual care alone and was cost-effective within usual thresholds.
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Randomized controlled study on the analgesic effect of superficial needling plus electrostimulation of sanyinjiao (SP6) for primary dysmenorrhea
By:
Zhi LX. Eye-Ear-Nose-Throat Hospital of Jiaozuo Coal Corporation, Jiaozuo 454000, China. lxzh1988@126.com
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the analgesic and therapeutic effects of electro-superficial-acupuncture (ESA) of Sanyinjiao (SP6) for treating primary dysmenorrhea (PD).
METHODS: A total of 171 patients were randomly divided into ESA (n=57), superficial acupuncture (SA) (n=57) and medication (n=57) groups. For patients in SA group, bilateral SP6 were punctured superficially with special single-use needles, and for those in ESA group, after puncturing, electric stimulation (60 Hz, 2-3 V) was applied to SP6 for 30 min. Patients of medication group were ordered to take Brufen sustained-release capsules (0.3 mg, b. i. d., for 3 days), then, take it again from the 3rd day on before the onset of menstruation to the 2nd day after the onset. The cumulative score of clinical symptoms were evaluated before and after the treatment.
RESULTS: Comparison among 3 groups showed that the difference values of score (pre-treatment--post-treatment) of both ESA and SA groups were significantly bigger than that of medication group (P<0.001). After the treatment from 1 min to 30 min, patients with complete relief of dysmenorrhea of ESA group were significantly more than those of SA group during the 1st menstrual cycle (P<0.05). Results of intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis showed that of the three 57 cases in ESA, SA and medication groups, the cured cases were 40, 38 and 10, the markedly effective were 9, 10 and 27, the effective were 5, 4 and 7, and the failed were 3, 5 and 13, with the total effective rates being 94.74%, 91.23% and 77.19% respectively. The effective rates of ESA and SA groups were significantly higher than that of medication group (P<0.01), and the results of per-protocol analysis (PP) were similar to those of ITT analysis.
CONCLUSION: The analgesic effect of both ESA and SA at SP6 for PD patients is significantly better than that of oral administration of Brufen.
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Observation on ear point taping and pressing therapy for treatment of primary dysmenorrhea
By: Wu RD, Zhang HD, Lin LF. Rehabilitation Section, Yongchun Hospital of Quanzhou City, Fujian 362600, China. qyllcb@sina.com
OBJECTIVE: To observe therapeutic effect and prognosis of ear point taping and pressing therapy for primary dysmenorrhea.
METHODS: One hundred and fourteen cases were randomly divided into an ear taping and pressing group of 60 cases and a western medication group of 54 cases. The ear taping and pressing group were treated by ear point taping and pressing at Shenmen, Zigong (uterus), Neifenmi (endorine), Pizhixia (subcortex), Jiaogan (sympathesis) and Shen (kidney), which were taped and pressed by a adhesive plaster with Vaccaria seeds. The western medication group were treated with oral administration of Indomeixin enteric tablets. The therapeutic effects were assessed after treatment of 3 menstrual cycles.
RESULTS: The total effective rate was 91.7% in the ear taping and pressing group and 77.8% in the western medication group with a significant difference between the two group (P < 0.05); and the long-term therapeutic effect in the ear taping and pressing group was better than that in the western medication group.
CONCLUSION: Ear point taping and pressing therapy has significant therapeutic effect on primary dysmenorrhea.
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Analysis on therapeutic effect of substance-partitioned moxibustion at Guanyuan (CV 4) and shenque (CV 8) for treatment of primary dysmenorrhea of cold-damp type
By: Li WL, Liu L, Sun LH. TCM College of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China. meibaoyu@126.com
OBJECTIVE: To observe clinical therapeutic effect of substance-partitioned moxibustion on primary dysmenorrhea (PD).
METHODS: One hundred and thirty-eight cases of PD were randomly divided into two groups, the treatment group (n=78) were treated with substance-partitioned moxibustion at Guanyuan (CV 4) and Shenque (CV 8), once a day; and the control group (n=60) treated with oral administration of Yueyueshu Powder, twice a day, 10g each time. They were treated for 3 menstrual cycles.
RESULTS: The total effective rate and the index of therapeutic effect were 96.1% and 90.8% in the treatment group, and 88.3% and 76.2% in the control group, respectively, with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Clinical therapeutic effect of substance-partitioned moxibustion on primary dysmenorrhea is positive.
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Acupuncture and Maternity Care
A study was conducted outlining the circumstances of use
and patient perspectives regarding the acupuncture service
offered in an antenatal clinic at an Australian public hospital.
Study participants were recruited from women attending the
antenatal clinic. Upon completion of their course of acupuncture
treatment, 52 women were given a questionnaire, of which 37
(71%) were completed and returned. Of the 37 women who attended
the acupuncture clinic, 18 (49%) had previously used at least
one form of complementary medicine and therapy. The most common
reason for treatment was physiological symptoms including
back pain, symphysis pubis dysfunction and sciatica. All 37
women stated that the acupuncture improved their well-being
and this finding was statistically significant (P<0.001).
These findings are offered as a means of identifying potential
issues for future investigation in this under-researched area.
N.Hope-Allan, et al. Complement Ther Nurs Midwifery. 2004
Nov;10(4):229-32
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Acupuncture for Depression During Pregnancy
Sixty-one pregnant women with major depressive disorder were
randomly assigned to one of three treatments over an eight
week period.
Twenty women received active acupuncture, twenty-one received
active control acupuncture, and twenty received massage. Acupuncture
treatments were standardized, but individually tailored, and
were provided in a double-blind fashion.
The response rates at the end of the acute phase were statistically
significantly higher for the group that received active acupuncture
(69%) than for the women who received massage (32%), with
an intermediate response rate (47%).
The active acupuncture group also showed a significantly
higher average rate of reduction in BDI scores from baseline
to the end of the first month of treatment than the massage
group.
In conclusion, acupuncture holds promise for the treatment
of depression during pregnancy.
Manber R, et al. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences, Stanford University. 401, Quarry Rd., Stanford,
CA 94305, United States.
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PREGNANCY
Acupuncture for insomnia in pregnancy--a
prospective, quasi-randomised, controlled study.
da Silva JB, Nakamura MU, Cordeiro JA, Kulay LJ.
Medical School of Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil. jbgsilva@hotmail.com
OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to test the effects
of acupuncture on insomnia in a group of pregnant women under
real life conditions, and to compare the results with a group
of patients undergoing conventional treatment alone (sleep
hygiene).
METHODS: A total of 30 conventionally treated pregnant women
were allocated at random into groups with or without acupuncture.
Seventeen patients formed the study group and 13 the control
group. The pregnant women scored the severity of insomnia
using a Numerical Rating Scale from 0 to 10. Women were followed
up for eight weeks and interviewed five times, at two-week
intervals.
RESULTS: Eight women dropped out, five in the study group
and three in the control group. The study group reported a
larger reduction on insomnia rating (5.1) than the control
group (0.0), a difference which was statistically significant
(P = 0.0028). Average insomnia scores decreased by at least
50% over time in nine (75%) patients in the study group and
in three (30%) of the control group.
CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that acupuncture
alleviates insomnia during pregnancy and further research
is justified.
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Acupuncture for Pregnant Women with Pelvic
Girdle Pain
Elden H, Ladfors L, et al. Perinatal Center, Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute for the Health of Women
and Children, Sahlgrenska Academy, East Hospital, 41685 Gothenburg,
Sweden.
A recent randomized, single blind and controlled study was
conducted in order to compare the effects of standard treatment,
standard treatment with acupuncture, and standard treatment
with stabilizing exercises for pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy.
386 pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain were randomly assigned
to three groups: for six weeks with standard treatment (n=130),
standard treatment plus acupuncture (n= 125), or standard
treatment plus stabilizing exercises (n= 131). A visual analogue
scale was used to measure the pain and an independent examiner
did an assessment of the severity of the pain before and after
treatment.
After treatment, the stabilizing exercise group had less
pain than the standard group in the morning and in the evening.
The acupuncture group also had less pain than the standard
treatment group in the morning and in the evening. However,
the acupuncture group had less pain in the evening than the
stabilizing exercise group. Attenuation of pelvic girdle pain
as assessed by the independent examiner was greatest in the
acupuncture group.
The study concluded that acupuncture and stabilizing exercises
were effective complements to standard treatment for the management
of pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy. Also, acupuncture
was superior to stabilizing exercises in this study.
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Performance of acupuncture as labor analgesia
in the clinical setting
Nesheim BI, Kinge R.
Department of Obstetrics, Ullevaal University Hospital, University
of Oslo. Oslo. Norway.
Background. Three randomized controlled trials have shown
that acupuncture during labor can reduce the use of epidural
analgesia and meperidine. To supplement these trials, we have
designed an observational study to answer the research question:
"Do laboring women in a normal hospital setting who receive
acupuncture require less epidural analgesia than those who
do not receive acupuncture?"
Setting: Delivery ward of a tertiary care University hospital
in Norway.
Subjects: All attempted vaginal labors during the period
01.12.99-31.12.03 (n=17,741).
Statistical analysis: Multivariate logistic regression analysis.
Results. The dependent variable in the regression analysis
was use of epidural analgesia. The independent variables were:
use of acupuncture, use of nitrous oxide, use of meperidine,
parity, ethnicity, age, duration of pregnancy, type of labor
(induced or not), and duration of first stage of labor. In
the multivariate analysis the odds ratio for having an epidural
was 0.6 (95% CI 0.5-0.7) for the patients having acupuncture
compared to those not having acupuncture.
Conclusions. Women having acupuncture as labor analgesia
in the clinical setting have a reduced use of epidural analgesia.
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Acupuncture therapy in the comprehensive
treatment of salpingo oophoritis (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease)
by Titova NG; Khashukoeva AZ; Korneev BM.
Akusherstvo i Ginekologiia, 1991 Jun(6):44-7. Language: Russian.
(uI: 92059775) AT: UCLA Biomed W1 AK975 SRLF W1 AK975 (PE
title: Akusherstvo i ginekologiia.)
Abstract: Follow-up and therapy of 136 patients with nonspecific
salpingo-oophoritis evidence the efficacy of acupuncture included
in a complex of therapeutic measures for the treatment of
this condition, as compared to traditional therapeutic modalities.
Acupuncture therapy is conductive to shortening in-hospital
therapy, to full-value normalization of the body immunobiologic
defense and of the autonomic nervous system, and to a reduction
of the incidence of the condition recurrences.
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Protocol of cervical maturation by acupuncture
by Tremeau ML; Fontanie-Ravier P; Teurnier F; Demouzon J.
Journal de Gynecologie, Obstetrique et Biologie de la Reproduction,
1992, 21(4):375-80. Language: French. (UI: 92325387) Pub type:
Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial.
AT: UCLA Biomed W1 J0269K (PE title: Journal de gynecologie,
obstetrique et biologie de la reproduction.)
Abstract: Protocol was carried out on 98 patients who were
divided into three groups selected as (one control group,
two "placebo" group, and three treated with acupuncture).
This protocol showed that it was possible to improve cervical
maturation if acupuncture sessions were carried out at the
beginning of the 9th month. The Bishop scores in the three
groups after 10 days interval show that there was a significant
progression of 2.61 points in the group treated with acupuncture
as against only 0.89 and 1.08 in the placebo and control groups.
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Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Long Dan
Xie Gan Tang for the Treatment Chronic Pelvic Inflammation
Jin Y. Hospital of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine
Affiliated to Zhejiang College of TCM, Hangzhou 31000, China.
A study was conducted in order to observe the therapeutic
effect of acupuncture and moxibustion on chronic pelvic inflammation.
Thirty-six cases of chronic pelvic inflammation were treated
with acupuncture, medicinal cake moxibustion and the formula
Long Dan Xie Gan Tang. This treatment provided a cure in 9
cases, obvious effect in 16 cases, effect in 7 cases and no
effect in 4 cases. Therefore, acupuncture, moxibustion and
Long Dan Xie Gan Tang used together can enhance the therapeutic
effects on chronic pelvic inflammation.
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Chinese traditional medicine yi kang
ling to treat immunity infertility caused by anti-sperm antibody:
the experimental research II
Dai XL, Cui YX, Wang YM, Hu YA, Xu JP, Yao B, Li BT. Department
of Pharmacology, Nanjing General Hospital, Nanjing Command,
PLA, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China.
Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue. 2003 Dec;9(9):713-5 [Article in Chinese]
OBJECTIVE: To observe the effects of Chinese traditional
medicine Yi Kang Ling (YKL) on immunity infertility caused
by anti-sperm antibodies (AsAb).
METHODS: With the AsAb infertile rabbit as the experimental
model, seventy-five pairs of New zealand rabbits were divided
into three group including YKL treatment group (sub-divided
into mini-, midi- and maxi-dosage groups), prednisone treatment
group and non-treatment group. Rabbits of the YKL treatment
sub-groups were further divided into M+F- (male positive,
female negative), M-F+, (male negative, female positive) and
M+F+ (male positive, female positive) pairs according to their
initial AsAb detection results. The control group consisted
of five pairs of normal rabbits. When the expected AsAb reversing
ratio was achieved, the rabbits were matted and observed for
the number of the pregnant and the weight of the newborn.
RESULTS: Statistics showed that in M+F- pairs both the midi-dosage
of YKL and prednisone treatment groups had fertility, in the
mini- and maxi-dosage of YKL treatment groups, 20% of the
female rabbits failed to be pregnant, while in the non-treatment
group, 60% female rabbits remained sterile. The sterile ratios
of the M-F+ pairs in the mini-, midi- and maxi-dosage of YKL
and prednisone treatment groups were 0, 20%, 25% and 25%,
respectively, while the sterile ratio in the non-treatment
M-F+ group was 40%. In M+F+ groups, the sterile ratios of
the three YKL sub-groups, prednisone treatment and non-treatment
groups were 20%, 20% and 60% respectively. In the control
group the sterile ratio was 20%. The weight of the newborn
rabbits were around 50 grams with no visible malformation.
CONCLUSIONS: YKL can effectively reverse the AsAb positive
results, and restore the fertility of female rabbits. Mini-dosage
of YKL for 45 days produced the best results and maxi-dosage
of YKL had no negative effects on the weight of the newborn
rabbit.
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The Chinese Medicinal Herbal Treatment
of 21 Cases of (Female) Genital Sores
by Hong Jian-nan & Wang Ru, Zhong Yi Za Zhi
(The Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine), #2, 1994,
p. 98.
According to the authors, the modern Western medical conditions
of Bartholin's cyst, vulval abscesses, postpartum infection
of an episiotomy wound, and other such bacterial infections
are types of acute pyogenic, inflammatory conditions which
TCM simply refers to as yin chuang, (female) genital sores.
From 1986-1991, the authors treated 21 cases using Chinese
medicinals which clear heat and quicken the blood with entirely
satisfactory results.
Of the 21 women treated, there were 15 cases of Bartholin's
cysts, 4 cases of postpartum infection of episiotomy wounds,
and 2 cases of vulval or external genital abscesses. The youngest
patient was 20 years old and the oldest was 65. Two women
were unmarried and 19 were married. The shortest course of
disease was 4 days and the longest was more than 1 year. In
most of the patients, on examination, there was either open
wounds or obvious redness, swelling, heat, and pain in the
local region. In those women with postpartum infections of
episiotomy wounds, the largest lesion was 10 cm x 4 cm x 3
cm and the smallest was 4 cm x 2 cm x 2 cm.
The formula used consisted of: Cortex Phellodendri (Huang
Bai), 30g, Radix Sophorae Flavescentis (Ku Shen), 30g, Rhizoma
Coptidis Chinensis (Huang Lian), 6g, Fructus Forsythiae Suspensae
(Lian Qiao), 15g, Radix Rubrus Paeoniae Lactiflorae (Chi Shao),
30g, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae (Dan Shen), 30g, and Lignum
Sappanis (Su Mu), 30g.
These Chinese medicinals were soaked in water for 30 minutes.
Then more water was added in order to cover these medicinals
to a depth of 3cm. They were next decocted down to 20ml. Each
ji was decocted 3 times and the decocted fluid added together.
This fluid was then allowed to cool to 35-37_C. Each evening
before sleep, the patients took a sitz bath in this medicinal
fluid. If there was an open wound, each day, after the doctors
made their rounds (i.e., in the morning), the wound was rinsed
with Coptis and Phellodendron water. Afterwards, Hong Fen
Gao (Mercuric Oxide Paste) was applied to transform putrefaction
and generate (new) flesh. Ten days equaled one course of treatment.
All 21 cases were cured with this treatment and all their
symptoms disappeared. Four cases were cured in one course
of treatment, 15 cases in two courses of treatment, and two
cases in two courses of treatment.
Case history: Zhang X, female, 26 years old. The patient
had had a postpartum infection of an episiotomy wound for
nine days before being admitted to the hospital. The affected
area was red, swollen, hot, and painful. The wound was approximately
4cm x 2cm x 2cm in size. It exuded a copious amount of pus.
Treatment was given as described above. Three days later,
the superficial skin was beginning to heal. Yu Hong Gao (Jade
Red Paste) was applied to generate flesh and close the wound.
Five days later, there was no further bacterial growth. After
two courses of treatment, the disease was cured and the patient
was discharged from the hospital.
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Randomized controlled study on superficial needling for treatment of primary dysmenorrhea
By: Zhi LX.
Eye-Ear-Nose-Throat Hospital of Jiaozuo Coal Corporation, Henan 454000, China. lxzh1988@126.com
OBJECTIVE: To observe clinical therapeutic effect of superficial needling at distal and proximal acupoints on primary dysmenorrhea (PD).
METHODS: One hundred and twenty cases of PD were randomly divided into a treatment group (n=60) and a control group (n=60). The treatment group were treated with superficial needling at Sanyinjiao (SP 6) and the control group with oral administration of indometacin entric-coater tablets.
RESULTS: Of the 120 cases, 116 cases completed the investigation. The total effective rate was 93.3% in the treatment group and 75.0% in the control group. The comprehensive therapeutic effect and the cured rate in the treatment group were significantly better than that in the control group (P<0. 001), with a more rapid effect and lasting a longer time than the control group.
CONCLUSION: Clinical therapeutic effect of superficial needling at Sanyinjiao (SP 6) on primary dysmenorrhea is better than that of oral administration of indometacin entric-coater tablets. | 
