Vitamin K3 injections into acupuncture point SP6 relieves menstrual
cramping and pain. Researchers from institutions including Columbia
University (New York), Stanford University School of Medicine (Palo
Alto), and University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) completed a
six year study of dysmenorrhea. The study design was :
double-blind, double-dummy, randomized controlled trial. The researchers
concluded, “Acupuncture point injection of vitamin K3 relieves
menstrual pain rapidly and is a useful treatment in an urban outpatient
clinic.”
Primary dysmenorrhea affects approximately 85% of women and the pain is
severe in approximately 20% of women experiencing menstrual pain.
Although the pathophysiology is not identical in all cases, uterine
prostaglandin hormones at high levels contribute to cramping and lower
abdominal pain. The pain may last from several hours to days.
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