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title: Does substance-partitioned moxibustion help period pain from cold-damp stagnation?
description: Yes. Moxibustion was 95.2% effective compared to 85.6% for a Chinese herbal drug. The improvement may work through increased natural pain-relieving chemicals.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/effects-of-substance-partitioned-moxibustion-on-plasma-beta-ep-content-in-the-2008/
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- Does substance-partitioned moxibustion help period pain from cold-damp stagnation?

Randomised trial, 2008

# Does substance-partitioned moxibustion help period pain from cold-damp stagnation?

Yes. Moxibustion was 95.2% effective compared to 85.6% for a Chinese herbal drug. The improvement may work through increased natural pain-relieving chemicals.

 Strong study design

105 women with period pain from cold-damp stagnation receiving moxibustion and 104 women receiving a Chinese herbal drug

## What they did

Randomized trial comparing moxibustion to a Chinese herbal drug called Yueyue-shu. 105 women received moxibustion and 104 received the drug. In 40 women from each group, researchers measured a pain-relieving chemical (beta-endorphin) before and after treatment.

## What they found

The moxibustion group had a 95.2% effective rate compared to 85.6% in the drug group. In women treated with moxibustion, the pain-relieving chemical in their blood increased significantly.

## What it means for you

Moxibustion was more effective than the herbal medicine for this specific type of period pain. It may work by increasing a natural pain-relieving chemical in the body.

95.2%

effective rate with moxibustion

85.6%

effective rate with herbal drug

105

women in moxibustion group

## About the study

Original title [Effects of substance-partitioned moxibustion on plasma beta-EP content in the patient with primary dysmenorrhea of cold-damp stagnation type in the menstrual period] Authors She YF, Sun LH, Yang JJ et al. Journal Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion Year 2008 Study design Randomised trial Participants 105 What was tested substance-partitioned moxibustion versus Chinese herbal drug Yueyue-shu Read the paper [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18972726/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18972726/)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Dysmenorrhea and period pain](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-dysmenorrhea/)

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