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Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Dysmenorrhea Caused by Endometriosis: A Review of Utilization and Mechanism Table 7 CHM enema for dysmenorrhea caused by EM.
Treatment; sample number (n ) Control; sample number (n ) Total clinical effect rate Model used Therapeutic effects and actions Refs. Proprietary CHM enema decoction; n = 30 Oral Sanjie analgesic capsules; n = 30 Human study CA-125↓, VEGF↓ [100 ] CHM enema; n = 47 Mifepristone; n = 36 T: 89.4% vs. 78.7% Human study Pain score↓, recurrence rate↓ [101 ] CHM enema, Dihuang Jisheng decoction; n = 46 Mifepristone; n = 46 T: 91.30% vs. 73.91% Human study E2↓, FSH↓, LH↓ [103 ] CHM ointments; n = 36 Danazol; n = 36 T: 94.40% vs. 77.80% Human study [107 ] CHM enema combined with patch therapy; n = 32 Ibuprofen sustained-release capsules; n = 32 Human study VAS score↓ [110 ]
Note: T (total effect rate) = number of effective cases/total number of cases; effective case refers to the patients or animal models whose signs and symptoms were improved after treatment.