Multicentral Randomized Controlled Studies on Acupuncture at Shaoze (SI1) Jing-Well Point for Treatment of Postpartum Hypolactation [1]

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Multicentral randomized controlled and single blind clinical trial was adopted, 276 cases were divided into a treatment group and a control group, 138 cases for each group. The treatment group was treated with electroacupuncture (EA) at Shaoze (SI1) Jing-Well Point [3], and the control group with EA at Shangyang (LI1) Jing-Well Point [4]. After 2 courses treatment, the therapeutic effects and changes of cumulative score of TCM symptoms, mammary filling degree, lactation amount and prolactin level were evaluated and investigated.

Results: The cured and markedly effective rate was 97.8% for treatment group; 24.3% for control group. It is a significant difference between the 2 groups (P<0.05). The treatment group in improvement of cumulative score of TCM symptoms and the mammary filling degree, as well as lactation amount and the prolactin level were better than the control group (P<0.01).

Conclusion: Needling on the point SI1 has obvious therapeutic effect on hypolactation.

Key Words: multicentral randomized controlled studies, SI1 postpartum hypolactation

Writer: Hongcai Wang, Junming An, Ying Han, Linna Huang, Jingwen Zhao, Lixin Wei, Lan Dong, Guirong Zhai, Aijun Yang, Mei Gu
Institute of Acupuncture, China Academy of Chinese medicine [5] Sciences, Beijing 100700, China
TCM Hospital of Xian City
The 4th hospital of Xian City
Affiliated Obstetrical & Gynecological Hospital of Capital Medical University