title: [Effects of substance-partitioned moxibustion on plasma beta-EP content in the patient with primary dysmenorrhea of cold-damp stagnation type in the menstrual period].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To probe into the mechanism of substance-partitioned moxibustion in treatment of primary dysmenorrhea (PD) of cold-damp stagnation type.
  
  
  METHODS
  The treatment group (105 cases of PD) were treated with substance-partitioned moxibustion and the control group (104 cases) were treated with Chinese drug Yueyue-shu. Their therapeutic effects were observed. Plasma beta-endorphin contents in menstrual period were determined before and after treatment in 40 patients of each group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effective rate of 95.2% in the substance partitioned moxibustion group was better than 85.6% in the control group (P < 0.05); after treatment, plasma beta-endorphin content significantly increased in the substance-partitioned moxibustion group (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Substance-partitioned moxibustion has obvious therapeutic effect on primary dysmenorrhea of cold-damp stagnation type, which is carried out possibly through regulating the plasma beta-endorphin content as one of the mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture and Massage, College of TCM, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050091, China. sheyanfen@163.com
authors.forename: Yan-Fen
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: She
authors.forename: Li-Hong
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Ji-Jun
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jian-Jun
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Xin-Hua
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yong-Jian
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003080:Cold Temperature; D004412:Dysmenorrhea / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008597:Menstrual Cycle; D009071:Moxibustion; D011293:Premenstrual Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D013697:Thermosensing; D001615:beta-Endorphin / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D001615:beta-Endorphin