Effectiveness Study of Moxibustion on Pain Relief in Primary Dysmenorrhea: Study Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 2

Details of acupoints in moxibustion treatment group [14].

Group	Acupoints	Location	Gynecological indication
Moxibustion treatment group	(1) Guanyuan (CV4)	(1) On the midline of the lower abdomen, 3 cun inferior to the umbilicus and 2 cun superior to the pubic symphysis.	Cold Qi entering the lower abdomen giving rise to pain, cold accumulation with deficiency, running piglet Qi rising to the heart, fullness of the lower abdomen, back pain, and twisting pain below the umbilicus that gradually radiates to the genitals, sudden painful shan disorder, and intense heat in the hypogastrium.
	(2) Shenque (CV8)	(2) In the centre of the umbilicus.	Deficiency coldness of the abdomen, incessant diarrhoea, borborygmus, diarrhoea in the elderly or in deficient people, infantile diarrhoea following breast-feeding, prolapse of the rectum, sudden turmoil disorder, pain around the umbilicus, oedema, and drum distention.
	(3) Sanyinjiao (SP6)	(3) On the medial side of the lower leg, 3 cun superior to the prominence of the medial malleolus, in a depression close to the medial crest of the tibia.	Irregular menstruation, uterine bleeding, uterine bleeding with dizziness, menorrhagia, amenorrhoea, dysmenorrhoea, abdominal (zheng jia) masses in women, leucorrhoea, and uterine prolapse.