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title: Does hand acupuncture or hand moxibustion reduce PMS symptoms?
description: Yes. Both hand acupuncture and hand moxibustion significantly reduced overall PMS symptom severity compared to control. Moxibustion also improved skin tempera
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/the-effect-of-hand-acupuncture-therapy-and-hand-moxibustion-therapy-on-2009/
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Non-randomised trial, 2009

# Does hand acupuncture or hand moxibustion reduce PMS symptoms?

Yes. Both hand acupuncture and hand moxibustion significantly reduced overall PMS symptom severity compared to control. Moxibustion also improved skin temperature balance.

 Early or limited evidence

Korean women with PMS

## What they did

A quasi-experimental pilot study comparing hand acupuncture therapy (HAT) and hand moxibustion therapy (HMT) to a control group. Experimental groups received 10 sessions of either treatment.

## What they found

Both HAT and HMT groups had significantly reduced overall PMS symptom severity scores following therapy compared to the control group. The HMT group also showed improved khi flow and balanced skin temperature in symmetric body areas, while the HAT group did not.

## What it means for you

Hand acupuncture and hand moxibustion may help reduce PMS symptoms in Korean women. Limitation: small pilot study with no specific numbers provided for effect size, and nonrandomized design without control for expectation effects.

10

Sessions per treatment group

2

Treatment types tested

## About the study

Original title The effect of hand acupuncture therapy and hand moxibustion therapy on premenstrual syndrome among Korean women Authors Shin KR, Ha JY, Park HJ et al. Journal Western journal of nursing research Year 2009 Study design Non-randomised trial What was tested 10 sessions of hand acupuncture therapy or hand moxibustion therapy Read the paper [doi.org/10.1177/0193945908323650](https://doi.org/10.1177/0193945908323650)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Acupuncture and acupressure](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-acupuncture/)[Quality of life and daily functioning](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-quality-of-life/)

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