Primary dysmenorrhea
Conditions
Interventions
qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome Group C:herb-partition moxibusition (8 cones and 3 days)
qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome Group D:herb-partition moxibusition (8 cones and 7 days)
Cold coagulation and blood stasis syndrome group A:herb-partition moxibusition (4cones and 3 days)
Cold coagulation and blood stasis syndrome group B:herb-partition moxibusition (4cones and 7 days)
Cold coagulation and blood stasis syndrome group C:herb-partition moxibusition (8 cones and 3 days)
Cold coagulation and blood stasis syndrome group D:herb-partition moxibusition (8 cones and 7 days)
qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome Group A:herb-partition moxibusition (4cones and 3 days)
qi stagnation and blood stasis syndrome Group B:herb-partition moxibusition (4cones and 7 days)
Sponsors
Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Comform to the diagnostic criteria of primary dysmenorrhea (syndrome of qi stagnation and cold coagulationwith blood stasis); 2. Aged 18 to 35 years; 3. Menstrual cycle (28 + 7) d; 4. Signed informed consent; 5. VAS score = 3; 6. CMSS score >10.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Secondary dysmenorrhea caused by pelvic inflammation, endometriosis,uterine fibroids,ovarian diseases and so on; 2. Severe life-threatening primary diseases of cardiovascular, liver, kidney and blood system, mental illness, women with other diseases who are not suitable for moxibustion; 3. Lactating women and women who are pregnant or are recently prepared for pregnancy; 4. Allergic constitution, or known allergies to the drug ingredients in our study; 5. treatment within 1 months before study,such as massage, acupoint pressing, traditional Chinese medicine, analgesics and hormones; 6. Participants in other clinical trials; 7. Medical workers who participated in the research.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain intensity; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| COX menstrual symptom scale;Pain duration;Analgesics usage;Score of WHOQOL-BREF;Serum PGF2a;Serum PGE2;effect of TCM syndromes; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactWang Xin
Affiliated Hospital, Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed