Research On The Ancient And Modern Literature Of Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding Treating With Acupuncture And Moxibustion

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB) is a common gynecological disease,that is the disorders of neuroendocrine mechanisms which regulate the reproductive activity cause abnormal uterine bleeding.According to its symptoms,DUB belongs to the"metrorrhagia"in traditional chinese medicine.Although there are many ancient and modern literature about acupuncture treatment of this disease and the clinical reports emerge numerously in recent years,its acupuncture treatment and regularity of application are rarely systematically discussed.According to the study of acupuncture treating DUB in ancient and modern literature, this thesis summarizes the general regularities and the trend of acupuncture treatment of this disease in different dynasties.Combined with the modern literature in the last fifteen years, this article compares and analyses the differences between the ancient and modern application of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of DUB in acupuncture treatment, prescription, the choices of the acupoints, and so on. This thesis sums up the most applied acupoints, meridians and acupuncture treatments in order to provide the clinical guide for acupuncture treating DUB.