title: The treatment of dysmenorrhea by acupuncture.
abstract: Forty-eight female patients suffering from dysmenorrhea in various degrees were treated by acupuncture. Seven standard acupuncture loci were selected. Acupuncture was given only 5 times to 44 of these patients. The results were analyzed after 6 to 12 months. Although the therapy was short, limited to only 7 points and uniform, satisfactory results were found in more than 80% of the cases.
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D004412:Dysmenorrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans