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title: Does acupuncture treat premenstrual syndrome? | Niyora
description: This is a protocol describing a planned systematic review of acupuncture for PMS. No results are reported because the review has not yet been completed.
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Study, 2005

# Does acupuncture treat premenstrual syndrome?

This is a protocol describing a planned systematic review of acupuncture for PMS. No results are reported because the review has not yet been completed.

 Early or limited evidence

Planned review of studies in women with premenstrual syndrome

## What they did

Outlines a plan for a systematic review that will evaluate acupuncture or electroacupuncture for PMS. The plan describes how researchers will find and compare studies testing acupuncture against sham acupuncture, no treatment, or other treatments.

## What they found

This is a protocol, not a completed review, so no findings are reported yet.

## What it means for you

When this systematic review is completed, it will help answer whether acupuncture works better than fake acupuncture or other treatments for PMS. Right now the review is not finished, so we cannot conclude whether acupuncture is effective. Once completed, a systematic review provides stronger evidence than looking at individual studies alone.

## About the study

Original title Acupuncture for premenstrual syndrome Authors Jinna Yu, Baoyan Liu, Zhishun Liu et al. Journal Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Year 2005 Study design Study What was tested Acupuncture and electroacupuncture Read the paper [doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd005290](https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.cd005290)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Acupuncture and acupressure](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-acupuncture/)

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