Effect of Combined Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine for Uterine Fibroid-Related Menorrhagia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal · Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation (2024)
Original authors · 장다은, 고채영, 남서윤, et al.
DOI · 10.1159/000538901
Summary
An RCT comparing combined acupuncture and herbal medicine (Gyejibokryeong-hwan combined with Goonggwigyoae-tang) with tranexamic acid in 102 women with menorrhagia due to uterine fibroids. After 6 months of treatment, menstrual volume decreased by 52% in the Korean medicine treatment group, showing similar effects to the tranexamic acid group (44%). Fibroid volume significantly decreased only in the Korean medicine group (18.3%).
Key figures
Menstrual volume reduction rate
52%
Study population
102 patients
Fibroid volume reduction
18.3%
Conclusion
Combined acupuncture and herbal medicine shows effects equivalent to tranexamic acid for bleeding reduction in uterine fibroid-related menorrhagia, with additional benefit of fibroid size reduction.
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