Primary dysmenorrhea
Conditions
Interventions
Treatment group A (herbal medicine application on acupoints):herbal medicine application on acupoints
Treatment group B (placebo application on acupoints):placebo application on acupoints
Sponsors
Acupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Nulliparous women aged between 18 and 30 years; 2. Women who meet to the diagnostic criteria of primary dysmenorrhea in the Primary Dysmenorrhea Consensus Guideline; 3. Women who belonged to qi and blood stagnation pattern or cold and dampness stagnation pattern; 4. Women who have normal menstrual cycles (occurring every 28+/-7 days); 5. Women with Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score of the menstrual pain more than 40 mm during the baseline menstrual period; 6. Women who complete a dysmenorrhea diary during last 3 menstrual cycles; 7. Women who agree to sign informed consent form and volunteered for the research.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Women with secondary dysmenorrhea, such as endometriosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome, uterine myoma, pelvic inflammatory disease, and other gynecological diseases; 2. Women who complicated with any serious contraindication of cardiovascular, liver, kidney, and hematopoietic system disorders; 4. Women with unconsciousness, cannot express subjective symptoms and mental disease; 4. Women with advanced malignant tumor or other serious wasting disease, infection and bleeding; 5. Women who are planning to have a baby; 6. Women who are receiving or received any other treatment of primary dysmenorrhea in past 3 month.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Visual Analogue Scale (VAS); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Cox Menstrual Symptom Scale (CMSS); | — |
Contacts
Public ContactJie Yang
Outcome results
None listed