Primary Dysmenorrhea
Conditions
Interventions
Moxibustion group:Moxibustion at RN4 for 30 minutes
Comfort moxibustion group:Comforting moxibustion at RN4 for 30 minutes
Healthy group:None
Sponsors
College of Acupuncture and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 30 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Experimental group: (1) Nursing females aged 18-30 years, accept the intervention program of this subject and sign the informed consent. (2) Conform to the western medical diagnostic criteria for primary dysmenorrhea issued by the Canadian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2005. (3) Conform to the TCM syndrome differentiation type: qi stagnation and blood stasis type, cold-damp stagnation type, or a combination of the above two types. (4) The menstrual cycle is basically normal (28±7) days. (5) The course of disease is more than 6 months. (6) Those who have not taken any medication for dysmenorrhea or other methods of treating dysmenorrhea in the past 1 month. (7) The average score of visual analogue scale (VAS) of pain in the past three menstrual cycles is >=40mm. (8) No brain and nervous system lesions, no contraindications for magnetic resonance examination, and right-handedness. (9) Normal consciousness, cooperative behavior, clear speech, and correct self-reporting of feelings. 2. Healthy group: (1) Nursing females aged 18-30 years, signed the informed consent. (2) The menstrual cycle is basically normal (28±7) days. (3) No history of dysmenorrhea, and no prostaglandin synthase inhibitor in the past 1 month. (4) No brain and nervous system lesions, no contraindications for magnetic resonance examination, and right-handedness. (5) Normal consciousness, cooperative behavior, clear speech, and correct self-reporting of feelings.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Combined with medical history, combined with serious life-threatening primary diseases such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular, liver, kidney and hematopoietic system, as well as mental patients, asthma patients, etc. 2. Those who need to receive other related treatments that may affect the experimental results of this study. 3. Those who have rich experience in using moxibustion.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Functional magnetic resonance imaging;Pain visual analog scale;Anxiety visual analog scale; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Infrared thermal imaging; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactHuang Yiran
College of Acupuncture and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed