Caroline Smith

ORCID: 0000-0002-7828-0597 · 28 papers in corpus
2014
Acupuncture and women's health: an overview of the role of acupuncture and its clinical management in women's reproductive health.
International journal of women's health ·doi:10.2147/ijwh.s38969

BackgroundAcupuncture and other modalities of Chinese/East Asian medicine have been used to treat women's health for many centuries. Gynecology specialties focus particularly on menstrual and reproductive disorders. Both the adoption of the…

2014
Herbal medicine for the management of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and associated oligo/amenorrhoea and hyperandrogenism; a review of the laboratory evidence for effects with corroborative clinical findings.
BMC complementary and alternative medicine ·doi:10.1186/1472-6882-14-511

BackgroundPolycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a prevalent, complex endocrine disorder characterised by polycystic ovaries, chronic anovulation and hyperandrogenism leading to symptoms of irregular menstrual cycles, hirsutism, acne and infer…

2008
Chinese herbal medicine for primary dysmenorrhoea.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews ·doi:10.1002/14651858.cd005288.pub3

BackgroundConventional treatment for primary dysmenorrhoea has a failure rate of 20% to 25% and may be contraindicated or not tolerated by some women. Chinese herbal medicine may be a suitable alternative.ObjectivesTo determine the efficacy…