A Literature Review of Women’s Sex Hormone Changes by Acupuncture Treatment: Analysis of Human and Animal Studies

Table 3

Changes in FSH and LH by acupuncture treatment.

					Changes in hormone level
Author	Year	Subject	Condition	Number of sample (exp/con)	Disease	Acupuncture	Acupuncture method
						Compared to
						disease
Maliqueo et al.	2015	Animal (rat)	PCOS	10/12	▽ FSH, ▲ LH	▲ FSH, ▽ LH,; ▽ FSH/LH	EA
Johansson et al.	2013	Human	PCOS	11/14		≒ FSH, ≒ LH,; ≒ FSH/LH	EA+MA
Feng et al.	2012	Animal (rat)	PCOS	8/8		≒ LH	EA+MA
Pastore et al.	2011	Human	PCOS	40/44		≒ FSH, LH,; ▲ FSH/LH	MA
Stener-Victorin et al.	2000	Human	PCOS	24		≒ FSH, LH,; ▽ FSH/LH	EA
Zheng et al.	2013	Human	PCOS	43		▽ FSH, ▽ LH,; ▽ FSH/LH	MA
Ma et al.	2017	Animal (rat)	Ovariectomized	8/8	▲ LH	▽ LH	EA
Sunay et al.	2011	Human	Menopausal syndrome	27/26	▲ FSH, ▲ LH	≒ FSH (p = 0.053), ▽ LH,	MA
Qu et al.	2007	Human	Menopausal syndrome	36/31		▽ FSH, ≒ LH	MA
Dong et al.	2001	Human	Menopausal syndrome	11		≒ FSH (p = 0.04),; ≒ LH	MA
Wang et al.	2016	Human	Diminished ovarian reserve	21	▲ FSH, ▲ LH	▽ FSH, ▽ LH, ▲FSH/LH	EA
Zhou et al.	2013	Human	Primary ovarian insufficiency	11	▲ FSH, ▲ LH	▽ FSH, ▽ LH	EA

▲ Increased, ▽ decreased, and ≒ not significant