A Clinical Study on the Effect of Dysmenorrhea Clinic for Female College Students

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to identify the clinical effects of korean medicine treatment of dysmenorrhea patients. Methods: We studied twenty-six patients who visited Oriental Hospital of University from September 2011 to December 2011. Women with organic disease such as endometriosis, uterine myoma and pelvic inflammatory disease were excluded from this study. We treated them with herb, acupuncture and moxibustion for one menstrual cycle. The severity of dysmenorrhea was measured by VAS(Visual analog scale) and MVRS(Multidimensional Verbal Rating scale). Results: The meanStandard Error of mean(S.E) of VAS on after treatment was decreased significantly compared with that of before(p=0.00). The meanS.E of MVRS on after treatment was decreased significantly compared with that of before(p=0.00). Conclusions: This study shows that korean medicine treatment such as herb, acupuncture and moxibustion has remarkable effects on dysmenorrhea patients. Further study will be needed.