Table 2.
Changes in estrogen by acupuncture treatment.
| Changes in hormone level | |||||||
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| Author | Year | Subject | Condition | Number | Disease | Acupuncture | Acupuncture method |
| of sample (exp/con) | compared to | ||||||
| disease | |||||||
| Maliqueo et al. | 2015 | Animal (rat) | PCOS | 10/12 | ▲ E2 | ▽ E2 | EA |
| Johansson et al. | 2013 | Human | PCOS | 11/14 | ▽ E1, E1-S, E2 | EA+MA | |
| Feng et al. | 2012 | Animal (rat) | PCOS | 40/44 | ▲ E2 | EA+MA | |
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| Ma et al. | 2017 | Animal (rat) | Ovariectomized | 8/8 | ▽ E2 | ▲ E2 | EA |
| Qin et al. | 2013 | Animal (rat) | Ovariectomized | 8/8 | ▲ E2 | EA | |
| Yao et al. | 2007 | Animal (rat) | Ovariectomized | 8/8 | ▲ E2 | EA | |
| Zhao et al. | 2004 | Animal (rat) | Ovariectomized | 10/12 | ▲ E2 | EA | |
| Zhao et al. | 2003 | Animal (rat) | Ovariectomized | 10/12 | ▲ E2 | EA | |
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| Sunay et al. | 2011 | Human | Menopausal syndrome | 27/26 | ▽ E2 | ▲ E2 | MA |
| Qu et al. | 2007 | Human | Menopausal syndrome | 36/31 | ≒ Estrogen | MA | |
| Dong et al. | 2001 | Human | Menopausal syndrome | 11 | ≒ E2 | MA | |
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| Wang et al. | 2016 | Human | Diminished ovarian reserve | 21 | ▽ E2 | ▲ E2 | EA |
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| Zhou et al. | 2013 | Human | Primary ovarian insufficiency | 11 | ▽ E2 | ▲ E2 | EA |
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| Zhang et al. | 2007 | Animal (rat) | Pubertal development | 5/4 | ▽ E2 | ▲E2 | EA |
▲ Increased, ▽ decreased, and ≒ not significant