Points selection for acupuncture-moxibustion treatment of primary dysmenorrhea
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To explore the acupoints selection pattern for the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea from online database. Recent ten year’s clinical studies of acupuncture-moxibustion treatment for primary dysmenorrhea in China database were summarized and analyzed. The literatures that meet inclusion criteria were established with excel 2010. A total of 205 clinical articles on primary dysmenorrhea were treated with acupuncture-moxibustion. The most frequently used acupoints for the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea are Sanyinjiao (SP6), Guanyuan (RN4), Zusanli (ST6) and 3 most frequency used meridians are spleen meridian, Ren meridian, stomach meridian and the most frequency used of specific acupoints is crossing point.
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