Open AccessResearch Progress of Non-drug Therapy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Obese Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Author(s) -
Chanchan Li,
Nan Li
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical and nursing research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2208-3693
pISSN - 2208-3685
DOI - 10.26689/jcnr.v5i4.2293
Subject(s) - polycystic ovary , medicine , acupuncture , traditional chinese medicine , endocrine system , body mass index , moxibustion , obesity , endocrine disease , incidence (geometry) , drug , disease , gynecology , traditional medicine , alternative medicine , insulin resistance , pharmacology , hormone , pathology , physics , optics
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) as a relatively common clinical reproductive endocrine disease, the incidence is increasing year by year and the treatment is difficult, among which obese PCOS accounts for nearly 50% of the total. In recent years, non-drug therapy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been effective in the treatment of PCOS. This article summarizes the relevant literature in the past ten years from acupuncture, acupoint embedding, moxibustion, and auricular points, and observes the effects of TCM non-drug therapy on endocrine and glucose and lipid metabolism in obese PCOS patients. The impact of various indicators such as body mass index, body mass index, etc., and discuss the problems in such treatments, as well as put forward suggestions to achieve the purpose of better guiding the clinical treatment of obese PCOS.