Alternative & Integrative Medicine

Dongmei Huang

Publications

• Case Report
  Low Frequency Electro-Acupuncture and Physical Exercise Induces Menstruation in A Young Woman with Amenorrhea Related to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Case Report
  Author(s): Dongmei Huang, Qing Wang, Haoxu Dong, Lina Zhang and Yanjuan LiuDongmei Huang, Qing Wang, Haoxu Dong, Lina Zhang and Yanjuan Liu
  
  Objectives: We report a successful case in a young woman with amenorrhea related to polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) following low-frequency electro-acupuncture (EA) and physical exercise. Subject: A 26-year-old woman had secondary amenorrhea since 2002 and was diagnosed to have PCOS in 2007. She always took medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) for getting withdrawal bleeding every 3 months from 2002 to 2007. She had been treated with metformin, ethinylestradiol, cyproterone acetate tablets (Dyne-35) and Chinese medicine on an irregular basis from 2007 to April in 2012. When she attended our clinic, she had suffered from amenorrhea for 4 months as she stopped taking any medicine. Interventions: The patient did regular physical exercise and received two courses of acupuncture treatment separated by an interval of 5 months. Each course of acupuncture treatment included 32 sessions of low.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2327-5162.1000166

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