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title: Do auriculotherapy and vitamin B6 both reduce PMS symptoms? | Niyora
description: Yes, both auriculotherapy and 40mg daily vitamin B6 reduced PMS symptoms significantly and equally. This is a small study with 42 women per treatment group.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/comparing-the-effect-of-auriculotherapy-and-vitamin-b6-on-the-symptoms-of-2017/
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Survey study, 2017

# Do auriculotherapy and vitamin B6 both reduce PMS symptoms?

Yes, both auriculotherapy and 40mg daily vitamin B6 reduced PMS symptoms significantly and equally. This is a small study with 42 women per treatment group.

 Moderate study design

84 female university students living in dorms

## What they did

Randomly assigned 84 female students into two groups of 42 each. One group received 10 sessions of auriculotherapy over two menstrual cycles. The other group took 40mg vitamin B6 daily starting one week before menstruation for two cycles. Symptoms were measured before and after treatment.

## What they found

Both groups showed significant symptom reduction (p=0.001). Auriculotherapy group mean symptom scores decreased from 26.70 to 24.76 across the cycles. Vitamin B6 group scores changed from 22.60 to 24.17. There was no significant difference in symptom reduction between the two treatments.

## What it means for you

Both treatments reduced PMS symptoms equally. However, the vitamin B6 group started with lower baseline symptoms. This is a small study, so results need confirmation in larger groups.

84

total students studied

40

mg daily vitamin B6 dose

2

menstrual cycles of treatment

## About the study

Original title Comparing the Effect of Auriculotherapy and Vitamin B6 on the Symptoms of Premenstrual Syndrome among the Students who Lived in the Dorm of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Authors Koleini S, Valiani M Journal Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research Year 2017 Study design Survey study What was tested Auriculotherapy (10 sessions) vs vitamin B6 (40mg daily for one week before menstruation) Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_120_16](https://doi.org/10.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_120_16)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Vitamin B6](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-vitamin-b6/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/)

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