鍼は更年期症状のほてりを半減
医学誌『Menopause』最新号で、米国ウェイクフォレスト大学公衆衛生科学部教授らによる臨床研究論文を取り上げた。
研究によると、ほてり症状を訴える更年期障害患者200人を6か月間、20回にわたる鍼治療群とコントロール群に分けて、ほてり症状を比較した。鍼治療群の47％でほてり症状が半減したことが分かった。
今後、鍼治療が効果を示すほてり患者の特徴を明らかにすることが期待される。
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Now new research suggests acupuncture could cut the number of hot flushes women experience by half.
In a study published in the journal Menopause, more than 200 women who had on average at least four hot flashes or night sweats a day were divided into two groups.
One group received 20 acupuncture treatments over a period of six months, while the other group received no acupuncture or any other alternative remedies.
Of the 170 women who received acupuncture, nearly half (47 per cent) reported a 47 per cent in frequency of hot flushes, within eight weeks.
And one in eight (12 per cent) reported an 85 per cent drop in the number they experienced. One in 25 (four per cent) claimed the ancient Chinese treatment cured them of the feverish flushes completely.
Author Dr Nancy Avis, of the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre in the US, said acupuncture could be a good solution for many women.
Dr Avis said: "Women bothered by hot flushes and night sweats may want to give acupuncture a try as a relatively low-cost, low-risk treatment."
She added: "Women will know pretty quickly if acupuncture will work for them. Women who had a reduction in their hot flushes saw a benefit beginning after about three to four weeks of weekly treatments."