How long does it take to treat polycystic ovary with acupuncture?

Polycystic ovary is a gynecological disease. It is very serious for women to suffer from this disease. It not only affects women's physical health, but more seriously it can also lead to infertility. Therefore, when facing polycystic ovary, people need to take some measures to treat it in time. Acupuncture is a very common method to regulate polycystic ovary. So how long does it take to regulate polycystic ovary with acupuncture? Let us introduce it below.

What causes polycystic ovary?

1. Obese and hyperinsulinemia patients

Some patients with polycystic ovary, especially obese patients, may show hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance, suggesting that it is caused by insulin resistance.

2. Abnormal adrenal function

Patients with polycystic ovary have abnormal adrenal cortex function, which is often due to hyperfunction of the adrenal cortex, leading to excessive secretion of androgen and symptoms such as anovulation.

3. Long-term mental stress, drugs and diseases

Due to mental stress, drugs and certain diseases, the regulatory function of the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis is abnormal, resulting in excessive production of androgens by ovarian stroma and theca cells. High androgens in the ovaries inhibit the maturation of follicles, resulting in a series of symptoms of polycystic ovary such as amenorrhea and hirsutism.

4. Family genetic factors

Based on the high degree of familial clustering of polycystic ovary disease, genetic factors are a major factor in its etiology. Most cases of polycystic ovary are related to genetic abnormalities, and a few cases are related to chromosomal abnormalities. This cause of the disease is difficult to avoid, and the only way is early detection and early treatment.

Can acupuncture treat polycystic ovary?

On the one hand, acupuncture can regulate the endocrine system by regulating the function of the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovarian axis. At the same time, acupuncture can also improve insulin resistance and reduce weight and lower blood lipids by regulating abnormal glucose and lipid metabolism.

This effect of acupuncture is produced by stimulating the intrinsic functions of the body's own tissues and organs. It can adjust the body's endocrine function from multiple pathways and targets, reduce serum androgen and insulin levels, reduce LH levels or normalize the LH/FSH ratio, thereby restoring the normal ovulation function of the ovaries. Once the body is able to automatically regulate ovulation, menstruation will come as expected.

In clinical practice, different acupoints can be used for treatment according to the patient's different symptoms and causes and pathogenesis. Acupoints such as uterus, Guilai, Qihai, Guanyuan, Xuehai, Zusanli, Sanyinjiao, Taichong, etc. are selected. Once a day, leave the needles for 30 minutes, and cooperate with moxibustion. Generally, acupuncture is started 7 days before menstruation, and menstruation will come soon.