Effectiveness and Safety of Acupuncture and Moxibustion for Primary Dysmenorrhea: An Overview of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses.

Jun Yang Jun Xiong Ting Yuan Xue Wang Yunfeng Jiang Xiaohong Zhou Kai Liao Lingling Xu

Published in: Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM (2020)

Acupuncture and moxibustion seem to be effective and safe approaches in treatment of PD; yet, the methodological quality of most of the studies and the quality of evidence were low. Thus, additional studies are required to further confirm these results.

Keyphrases

meta analyses
systematic review
case control
quality improvement
combination therapy
smoking cessation