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title: Does qi therapy help premenstrual syndrome? | Niyora
description: Yes. Women receiving qi therapy had significant improvements in negative feelings, pain, water retention, and overall PMS symptoms compared to placebo.
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/effects-of-qi-therapy-external-qigong-on-premenstrual-syndrome-a-randomized-2004/
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Randomised trial, 2004

# Does qi therapy help premenstrual syndrome?

Yes. Women receiving qi therapy had significant improvements in negative feelings, pain, water retention, and overall PMS symptoms compared to placebo.

 Moderate study design

36 college women with PMS

## What they did

Randomized controlled trial with 36 college women with PMS. After 2 months screening, women were randomly assigned to receive either real qi therapy or placebo (18 each). They received 8 treatments during cycles 2-3 and tracked symptoms in diaries.

## What they found

Women receiving qi therapy showed significant improvements in negative feelings, pain, water retention, and total PMS symptoms compared to placebo.

## What it means for you

Qi therapy may help PMS, but this was a small study with only 36 women, so more research is needed before being sure.

36

women in study

18

women per group

8

therapy sessions

## About the study

Original title Effects of qi therapy (external qigong ) on premenstrual syndrome: a randomized placebo-controlled study Authors Jang HS, Lee MS Journal Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) Year 2004 Study design Randomised trial Participants 18 What was tested Qi therapy (8 sessions) versus placebo Read the paper [doi.org/10.1089/1075553041323902](https://doi.org/10.1089/1075553041323902)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Major depressive disorder](https://niyora.com/research/topics/comorbidity-major-depression/)

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