Table 4.
Changes in other hormones by acupuncture treatment.
| Changes in hormone level | |||||||
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| Author | Year | Subject | Condition | Number of sample (exp/con) | Disease | Acupuncture compared to | Acupuncture method |
| disease | |||||||
| Feng et al. | 2012 | Animal (rat) | PCOS | 8/8 | ▽ Progesterone | ▲ Progesterone | EA+MA |
| Pastore et al. | 2011 | Human | PCOS | 40/44 | ▲ Testosterone | ≒ Testosterone | MA |
| Stener-Victorin et al. | 2000 | Human | PCOS | 24 | ▽ Prolactin | ▲ Prolactin | EA |
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| Yao et al. | 2007 | Animal (rat) | Ovariectomized | 8/8 | ▽ PrRP | ▲ Brain PrRP | EA |
| Zhao et al. | 2003 | Animal (rat) | Ovariectomized | 10/12 | ▽ GnRH | ▲GnRH | EA |
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| Dong et al. | 2001 | Human | Menopausal syndrome | 11 | ▽ Progesterone, ▽ Prolactin |
≒ Progesterone, ≒ Prolactin |
MA |
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| Xiong et al. | 2015 | Animal (rat) | Embryo implantation dysfunction | 6/6 | ▽ Progesterone, ▽ Prolactin |
▲ Progesterone, ▲ Prolactin |
MA |
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| Magarelli et al. | 2009 | Human | in vitro fertilization | 34/33 | ▽ hCG, ▽ Prolactin |
▲ hCG, ▲ Prolactin | N/A |
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| Gaudernack et al. | 2006 | Human | Labour | 48/52 | N/A | ▽ need of oxytocin | MA |
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| Uvnäs-Moberg et al. | 1993 | Animal (rat) | Normal | 6/6 | N/A | ▲ oxytocin | EA |
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| Yang et al. | 2006 | Animal (rat) | Analgesia | 6/7 | ▽ oxytocin | ≒ oxytocin | EA |
| Yang et al. | 2006 | Animal (rat) | Analgesia | 9/9 | ▽ oxytocin | ≒ oxytocin | EA |
▲ Increased, ▽ decreased, ≒ not significant, and N/A; not applicable.