title: [Observation on clinical therapeutic effect of acupuncture combined with medicine on abortion].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe clinical therapeutic effect of acupuncture combined with medicine on abortion.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred and twenty-six cases of early pregnancy who asked medicine-induced abortion were divided into a treatment group and control groups A and B. In the treatment group, after taking the final once medicine acupuncture treatment was given, and in the control group A, after taking the final once medicine oral administration of ShengHua Tang, and the control group B were treated by nothing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The complete abortion rate, colporrhagia lasting time, amount of bleeding in the treatment group were superior to those in the control groups (P < 0.05). The amount of bleeding in the control group A was superior to that in the control group B (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture can increase the complete abortion rate, shorten colporrhagia lasting time, reduce bleeding amount and increase sensitivity of the organism to medicine.
authors.affiliation: Hebei TCM Hospital, Shijiazhuang 050011, China. minding2005@163.com
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Wei-Hua
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jun-Ying
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Yan-Jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000284:Administration, Oral; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy