在2014年由中國醫藥大學蘇珊玉主任團隊發表在《Complementary Therapies in Medicine》的Reduction of surgery rate in endometriosis patients who take Chinese medicine: a population-based retrospective cohort study.發現中藥合併西藥治療可以降低需要手術的風險。
對於疼痛的部分針灸也能有效的緩解,2018年在《International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics》發表的。與安慰劑相比,針灸的統合分析顯示疼痛減輕具有顯著益處(P = 0.007)。常見使用氣海、關元、中極、子宮等穴位做治療。
另外在2017年發表在《Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine》與2018年《Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine》兩篇文章發現使用補腎活血方或是活血疏肝補腎的治療方式皆有助於提高懷孕率。
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Effects of acupuncture for the treatment of endometriosis-related pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Xu Y, Zhao W, Li T, Zhao Y, Bu H, Song S. PLoS One. 2017 Oct 27;12(10).
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