Table 3.
Changes in FSH and LH by acupuncture treatment.
| Changes in hormone level | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Year | Subject | Condition | Number of sample (exp/con) | Disease | Acupuncture | Acupuncture method |
| Compared to | |||||||
| disease | |||||||
| Maliqueo et al. | 2015 | Animal (rat) | PCOS | 10/12 | ▽ FSH, ▲ LH | ▲ FSH, ▽ LH, ▽ FSH/LH |
EA |
| Johansson et al. | 2013 | Human | PCOS | 11/14 |
≒ FSH, ≒ LH, ≒ FSH/LH |
EA+MA | |
| Feng et al. | 2012 | Animal (rat) | PCOS | 8/8 | ≒ LH | EA+MA | |
| Pastore et al. | 2011 | Human | PCOS | 40/44 |
≒ FSH, LH, ▲ FSH/LH |
MA | |
| Stener-Victorin et al. | 2000 | Human | PCOS | 24 |
≒ FSH, LH, ▽ FSH/LH |
EA | |
| Zheng et al. | 2013 | Human | PCOS | 43 | ▽ FSH, ▽ LH, ▽ FSH/LH |
MA | |
|
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| Ma et al. | 2017 | Animal (rat) | Ovariectomized | 8/8 | ▲ LH | ▽ LH | EA |
|
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| Sunay et al. | 2011 | Human | Menopausal syndrome | 27/26 | ▲ FSH, ▲ LH | ≒ FSH (p = 0.053), ▽ LH, | MA |
| Qu et al. | 2007 | Human | Menopausal syndrome | 36/31 | ▽ FSH, ≒ LH | MA | |
| Dong et al. | 2001 | Human | Menopausal syndrome | 11 |
≒ FSH (p = 0.04), ≒ LH |
MA | |
|
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| Wang et al. | 2016 | Human | Diminished ovarian reserve | 21 | ▲ FSH, ▲ LH | ▽ FSH, ▽ LH, ▲FSH/LH | EA |
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| Zhou et al. | 2013 | Human | Primary ovarian insufficiency | 11 | ▲ FSH, ▲ LH | ▽ FSH, ▽ LH | EA |
▲ Increased, ▽ decreased, and ≒ not significant