Research

WOMEN'S HEALTH

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• Infertility
  • Assisted Reproductive Therapy
    • Anti-Sperm Antibodies
    • Luteal Phase Defect
    • Ovarian Dysfunction
    • Polycystic Ovaries
• Dysmenorrhea
• Pregnancy
• Labor
• General

Infertility

Assisted Reproduction Therapy

• Influence of acupuncture on the pregnancy rate in patients who undergo assisted reproduction therapy

• Upregulation of steroidogenic enzymes and ovarian 17beta-estradiol in human granulosa-lutein cells by Cordyceps sinensis mycelium (may help invitro fertilization)

• Effect of acupuncture on the outcome of in vitro fertilization and intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a randomized, prospective, controlled clinical study.

Anti-Sperm Antibodies

• Chinese traditional medicine yi kang ling to treat immunity infertility caused by anti-sperm antibody: the experimental research II

• An experimental study on inhibitory effect of Chinese medicine tai-bao on antisperm antibody

Luteal Phase Defect

• TCM treatment of infertility due to luteal phase defect--an analysis of 60 cases

• The improvement of luteal insufficiency in fecund women by tokishakuyakusan treatment

• Preliminary report of the treatment of luteal phase defect by replenishing kidney. An analysis of 53 cases

Ovulatory Dysfunction

• Clinical studies on the mechanism for acupuncture stimulation of ovulation

• Effects of unkei-to, an herbal medicine, on endocrine function and ovulation in women with high basal levels of luteinizing hormone secretion

• Therapeutic effect of Chinese herbal medicines for nourishing blood and reinforcing shen in treating patients with anovulatory sterility of shen-deficiency type and its influence on the hemodynamics in ovarian and uterine arteries

• Clinical observation on treatment of hyperinsulinemia and hyperandrogenism anovulatory patient with replenishing kidney-yin drugs

Polycystic ovaries

• Effect of TJ-68 (shakuyaku-kanzo-to) on polycystic ovarian disease

• Study on treatment of hyperandrogenism and hyperinsulinism in polycystic ovary syndrome with Chinese herbal formula "tiangui fang"

• Clinical study of yishen jianpi yangxue tongli therapy in treating polycystic ovary syndrome

• Treatment of secondary amenorrhea and oligohypomenorrhea with combined traditional Chinese and Western medicine

• Clinical study of the treatment of fallopian tube obstruction with catheter recanalization and blood stasis removing drugs

Dysmenorrhea

• Acupuncture in patients with dysmenorrhea: a randomized study on clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in usual care.

• Randomized controlled study on the analgesic effect of superficial needling plus electrostimulation of sanyinjiao (SP6) for primary dysmenorrhea

• Observation on ear point taping and pressing therapy for treatment of primary dysmenorrhea

• Randomized controlled study on superficial needling for treatment of primary dysmenorrhea

• Controlled study on Shu-Mu point combination for treatment of endometriosis

• 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

Pregnancy

• Acupuncture and Maternity Care

• Acupuncture for Depression During Pregnancy

• Acupuncture for insomnia in pregnancy--a prospective, quasi-randomised, controlled study

• Acupuncture - Safe, Effective for Late Pregnancy Back Pain

• Acupuncture for Pregnant Women with Pelvic Girdle Pain

• Decrease of pregnant women's pelvic pain after acupuncture: a randomized controlled single-blind study

Labor and Delivery

• Performance of acupuncture as labor analgesia in the clinical setting

• Protocol of cervical maturation by acupuncture

General

• Acupuncture for the Treatment of Climacteric Syndrome (a stage of perimenopause)

• Acupuncture at Neiguan (P6) Increases Vagal Modulation

• Treatment of Hot Flushes in Breast Cancer Patients with Acupuncture

• Acupuncture, Moxibustion and Long Dan Xie Gan Tang for the Treatment Chronic Pelvic Inflammation

• Acupuncture therapy in the comprehensive treatment of salpingo oophoritis (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease)

• Chinese Medicinal Herbal Treatment of 21 Cases of (Female) Genital Sores