Effectiveness of SP6 (Sanyinjiao) acupressure for relief of primary dysmenorrhea symptoms: A systematic review with meta- and sensitivity analyses

Electroacupuncture is Beneficial for Primary Dysmenorrhea: The Evidence from Meta‐Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

“…Consistent with our current report, some previous meta-analyses of nonpharmacological interventions on PD focused on the acupuncture [ 27 ], acupressure [ 25 , 53 ], moxibustion [ 54 ], aromatherapy massage [ 55 ], Chinese herbal medicine [ 56 ], transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation [ 57 ], vitamin E [ 58 ], and oral Ginger [ 59 ]. Meanwhile, many meta-analyses about EA have emerged in the recent three years, indicating that EA could provide a positive therapeutic effect for cardiac anesthesia and intensive care [ 60 ], knee osteoarthritis [ 61 ], acute ischemic stroke [ 17 ], and tinnitus [ 62 ].…”

Efficacy of acupressure to prevent adverse reactions to anti‐tuberculosis drugs: Randomized controlled trials

“…By injecting contrast media, they found that applying oil with cooling or refreshing effects and massaging it into Neiguan, Fengchi and Temple for 1 min before the contrast media injection effectively reduced the probability of ADRs such as headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and local or systemic urticaria. All relevant studies to date have shown that acupressure has no delayed effects (Abaraogu et al., ; Jang & Park, ; Miao et al., ; Mollart et al., ; Song et al., ; Waits et al., ). However, in the present study, we showed that acupressure had a delayed efficacy in relieving adverse skin reactions.…”

“…Numerous studies have shown that acupressure has excellent therapeutic effects. For example, acupressure has been shown to prevent nausea and constipation caused by chemotherapy or surgery, relieve labour pain and menstrual pain, and improve sleep quality and depression (Abaraogu, Igwe, & Tabansi‐Ochiogu, ; Chang, Liu, Li, Chen, & Chou, ; Ma, Chang, & Lin, ; Miao et al., ; Mollart, Adam, & Foureur, ; Song et al., ; Waits, Tang, Cheng, Tai, & Chien, ). Use of acupressure can induce the physiological and psychological changes in the individual through the mechanoreceptors, temperature sensors and the meridian positions where the acupoints are located.…”

Farmakološka in nefarmakološka terapija za zdravljenje primarne dismenoreje

“…Smernice (Antao, 2005) priporočajo terapijo s toploto, ki se lahko kombinira s farmakološko obliko (tabletami Ibuprofen). Avtorji / Authors Kategorija 1: farmakološko zdravljenje primarne dismenoreje oralna kontracepcija -nesteroidna protivnetna zdravilaplacebo zdravilo -kapsule -terapevtsko zdravilo -učinkovitost zdravil -zdravilo prve izbire -zdravilo druge izbire Daniels, et al, 2009;Zahradnik, et al, 2010;Ghodsi & Asltoghiri, 2014;Patel, et al, 2015;Al-Jefout & Nawaiseh, 2016 Kategorija 2: nefarmakološko zdravljenje primarne dismenoreje fizioterapija -terapija s toploto -TENS-terapija -joga -Keglove vaje -tek -vaje sproščanja -splošno raztezanjekapsule ingverja -kapsule cinkovega sulfata -tradicionalna kitajska medicina -akupunktura -akupresura -aromaterapija Kannan & Claydon, 2014;Kashefi, et al, 2014;Abaraogu & Tabanasi-Ochuogu, 2015;Ortiz, et al, 2015;Lee, et al, 2016;Igwea, et al, 2016;Abaraogu, et al, 2016;Sut & Kahyaoglu-Sut, 2017 Legenda / Legend: TENS -transkutana električna stimulacija živcev / transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation Kashefi in sodelavci (2013) so ugotovili, da kapsule ingverja in cinkovega sulfata učinkovito zmanjšujejo bolečino pri primarni disminoreji. Tudi Daily in sodelavci (2015) navajajo, da so šumeče ingverjeve tablete pomagale zmanjšati bolečino, ki so jo ocenili z vizualno analogno lestvico bolečine.…”

“…Bolečino učinkovito zmanjšujejo tudi različni izdelki tradicionalne kitajske medicine -herbalne medicine (Shaofu Zhuyu prevretek). Zmanjšanje bolečine pri primarni dismenoreji s pomočjo akupunkture in akupresure podprejo različne raziskave (Kannan & Claydon, 2014;Abaraogu & Tabanasi-Ochuogu, 2015;Abaraogu, et al, 2016), vendar moramo biti zaradi pristranskosti raziskav pri predpisovanju zgoraj omenjene terapije pazljivi. Raziskave (Davari, et al, 2014;Uysal, 2016;Sut & Kahyaoglu-Sut, 2017) so tudi pokazale, da lahko bolečino pri pacientkah s primarno dismenorejo zmanjšajo različne vrste aromaterapije.…”