title: [Analysis on therapeutic effect of substance-partitioned moxibustion at Guanyuan (CV 4) and shenque (CV 8) for treatment of primary dysmenorrhea of cold-damp type].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe clinical therapeutic effect of substance-partitioned moxibustion on primary dysmenorrhea (PD). Methods One hundred and thirty-eight cases of PD were randomly divided into two groups, the treatment group (n=78) were treated with substance-partitioned moxibustion at Guanyuan (CV 4) and Shenque (CV 8), once a day; and the control group (n=60) treated with oral administration of Yueyueshu Powder, twice a day, 10 g each time. They were treated for 3 menstrual cycles.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effective rate and the index of therapeutic effect were 96.1% and 90.8% in the treatment group, and 88.3% and 76.2% in the control group, respectively, with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinical therapeutic effect of substance-partitioned moxibustion on primary dysmenorrhea is obvious.
authors.affiliation: TCM College of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China. meibaoyu@126.com
authors.forename: Wen-li
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Li-hong
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004412:Dysmenorrhea / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion / Q000379:methods*