The objective of this study is to evaluate the associations between deqi, the effects of acupuncture and personality in primary dysmenorrhea and to characterize the nature of the deqi phenomenon on terms of the prevalence of sensations as well as the uniqueness of the sensations underlying the deqi experiment.
The mechanism, by which acupuncture works is not yet clear, therefore there is no unequivocal consensus about styles and sensations of acupuncture. whether psychological factor has influences on the effects of acupuncture? This study will adopt international practices such as visual analogue scale (VAS) to objective evaluation. The confident degree, feeling degree for acupuncture and pain intensity were evaluated by the patient with VAS, and the pain VAS scores before and after acupuncture were recorded as the indexes for assessment of the therapeutic effect.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
60
Immediately after insertion of a needle, it is manually rotated backwards and forwards to induce the DeQi sensation.
After insertion of a needle, no manipulation is applied, and the needle is retained for 30 minutes.
Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine
Wuhan, Hubei, China
RECRUITINGVisual Analogue Scale for pain intensity of primary dysmenorrhea
Time frame: 90 days after onset
average duration (hours) of pain
Time frame: 90 days after onset
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