title: [Observation on the therapeutic effect of scraping therapy on perimenopausal syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the clinical effects of scraping therapy on perimenopausal syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty women with perimenopausal syndrome were treated with scraping therapy and the dorsal course of the Governor Vessell and the Urinary Bladder Meridian of Foot-Taiyang were scraped, especially on the Back-shu points and Ashi points. The clinical symptoms were observed and compared with a modified Kupperman score before and after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all the 20 patients, 3 cases were cured, 6 cases were markedly effective, 9 cases were effective, 2 cases were ineffective, and the total effective rate was 90.0%. The Kupperman total score after treatment of (10.4 +/- 7.5) was significantly lower than the score before treatment of (25.0 +/- 5.3) (P < 0.001), in which, hot flushes and sweating, insomnia, fatigue, paresthesia, anxiety/irritability, hypaphrodisia, urinary system infection, tinnitus, dizziness, memory deterioration and headache were eased significantly (P < 0.001, P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The scraping therapy has a good clinical effect on perimenopausal syndrome and can significantly improve the clinical symptoms.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Nanjing University of CM, Nanjing 210046, Jiangsu Province, China. jrr880107@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Rong-Rong
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Gui-Hua
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Hong-Li
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: An
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yu-Jiao
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Hou
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D004244:Dizziness / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D019584:Hot Flashes / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D016740:Meridians; D008875:Middle Aged; D047648:Perimenopause / Q000502:physiology*; D013546:Sweating; D016896:Treatment Outcome