2.2. Patients
ovarian cancer, allergic, kidney qi deficiency, abnormal liver and kidney function, forgetfulness, heel pain, knee tenderness, dizziness, tinnitus, infertility, psychiatric, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
OVARIAN CANCER, ENDOMETRIOSIS, GYNECOLOGICAL DISEASE, POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME (PCOS), UTERINE FIBROIDS, TINNITUS, SYNDROMES, SYNDROME, DISEASES
Sixty elderly female patients, aged between 35 and 42 years old, with kidney qi deficiency who underwent IVF-assisted pregnancy, were sampled. All the patients were sampled from June 2018 to July 2019 in the Reproductive and Genetic Center of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine of the Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of TCM.TCM syndrome differentiation was as follows: Its main symptom is not pregnant for a long time after marriage, menstrual color is dim, menstrual texture is thin and accompanied by lumbosacral soreness. Other symptoms included dizziness, tinnitus, decreased libido, tibial acid, knee tenderness or heel pain, and forgetfulness. The tongue was pale with a thin and white coating; the pulse was fine, especially the 2 Chi. The 3 main syndromes were required with 1 to 2 of the concurrent certificates, which could be diagnosed by combining tongue coating and pulse conditions.Inclusion criteria were as follows: To be included in the study, the patient condition had to conform to the diagnostic criteria of infertility and the syndrome criteria of kidney qi deficiency in TCM.Exclusion criteria were as follows: The patients not falling within the age range of 35 to 42, suffering from polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), endometriosis, hyper prolactin, uterine fibroids, and other gynecological diseases, with a history of ovarian cancer or ovarian surgery, with serious diseases, such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, severe abnormal liver and kidney function, hematopoietic system, or psychiatric patients, with the previous history of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, who were dizzy during acupuncture and were allergic to navel therapeutic powder, who had lesions in the acupoint area and were not suitable for acupuncture, were participating in other clinical trials and those who had previously participated in the study or had undergone acupuncture as a fertility treatment were excluded from this study.