Observation of the therapeutic effect of Tongyuan needling combined with jingyu herb-separated moxibustion on recurrent implantation failure of kidney deficiency and blood stasis
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Observation of the therapeutic effect of Tongyuan needling combined with jingyu herb-separated moxibustion on recurrent implantation failure of kidney deficiency and blood stasis
Chinese Acupuncture & MoxibustionVol. 43, Issue 12, Pages: 1405-1410(2023)
LAN Rou,LIU Yun-yun,XIAO Qiu-kai,et al.Observation of the therapeutic effect of Tongyuan needling combined with jingyu herb-separated moxibustion on recurrent implantation failure of kidney deficiency and blood stasis[J].Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion,2023,43(12):1405-1410.
LAN Rou,LIU Yun-yun,XIAO Qiu-kai,et al.Observation of the therapeutic effect of Tongyuan needling combined with jingyu herb-separated moxibustion on recurrent implantation failure of kidney deficiency and blood stasis[J].Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion,2023,43(12):1405-1410.DOI: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20221111-k0002.
Observation of the therapeutic effect of Tongyuan needling combined with jingyu herb-separated moxibustion on recurrent implantation failure of kidney deficiency and blood stasis
herb-separated moxibustion on the patients with recurrent implantation failure (RIF) of kidney deficiency and blood stasis undergoing frozen embryo transfer of the conventional hormone replacement therapy cycle.
Methods
2
Sixty RIF of kidney deficiency and blood stasis patients who planned for frozen embryo transfer were randomly divided into a combined treatment group (30 cases) and a western medication group (30 cases). In the western medication group
the conventional hormone replacement therapy was performed for endometrial preparation during transfer cycle. On the basis of treatment as the western medication group
in the combined treatment group
Tongyuan
needling combined with
jingyu
herb-separated moxibustion was adopted. Regarding
tongyuan
needling
the acupoint prescription for
Tongdu Tiaoshen
(promoting the governor vessel and regulating the spirit
e.g. Dazhui [GV 14
]
Ganshu [BL 18
]
Shenshu [BL 23
]
and back-
shu
points) and that for
Yinqi Guiguan
(conducting
qi
back to the primary
e.g. Zhongwan [CV 12
]
Qihai [CV 6
]
Guanyuan [CV 4
]
and front-
mu
points) were selected. Acupuncture was delivered at these two prescriptions alternatively each time. After acupuncture
the herb-separated moxibustion (in which
the herbal powder was prepared with the modified
Yangjing Zhongyu
decoction for cultivating the kidney essence and promoting pregnancy) was operated at Shenque (CV 8). This combined therapy was delivered once every two days
3 sessions a week till the day of embryo transfer. The pregnancy outcomes (positive rate of human chorionic gonadotropin [β-HCG
]
and clinical pregnancy rate) were compared between the two groups
as well as the TCM syndrome score
serum estradiol (E
2
) and progesterone (P) levels
endometrial thickness and type
endometrial blood flow index (pulsatility index [PI
]
resistance index [RI
]
) before and after treatment.
Results
2
After treatment
the clinical pregnancy rate of the combined treatment group was 40.0% (12/30)
higher than that of the western medication group (16.7%
5/30
P
<
0.05); and the difference in the positive rate of β-HCG was not significant statistically between the two groups (
P
>
0.05). After treatment
the serum levels of E
2
and P were elevated (
P
<
0.05)
the endometrial thickness was thickened (
P
<
0.05); the scores of TCM syndrome
and the levels of PI and RI were reduced (
P
<
0.05) when compared with those before treatment in the two groups. The proportion of type A endometrium increased compared with that before treatment in the combined treatment group (
P
<
0.05). Except the levels of E
2
and P
the above indexes in the combined treatment group were superior to the western medication group (
P
<
0.05).
Conclusion
2
On the basis of frozen embryo transfer of conventional hormone replacement cycle
the intervention of
Tongyuan
needling combined with
jingyu
herb-separated moxibustion can effectively relieve the clinical symptoms
increase the endometrial blood flow and its thickness
and improve the endometrial receptivity
thereby ameliorate pregnancy outcomes in RIF patients of kidney deficiency and blood stasis.
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