Abstract
ABSTRACT
Background:
A specific point was discovered with Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA) that was sensitive to touch in women of various ages with diverse hormonal problems. Needling this point showed improvement in cases involving disturbances of female hormonal systems. This point was named the ZS point (Zeise-Suess Point), and was accepted by Dr Toshikatsu Yamamoto.
Objective:
To demonstrate the effects of needling the ZS point for treatment of female hormonal system disturbances.
Design:
Inclusion criteria for this prospective observational study were disturbances in female hormones such as hypermenorrhea, menometrorrhagia, secondary amenorrhea, and climacteric syndrome. No other therapy, homeopathics, phytotherapy, or chemical hormones were allowed. Exclusion criteria included chronic hemorraging, cancer, and pregnancy.
Setting and Patients:
The research was performed in the Centre of Acupuncture in Remchingen, Germany, from June 2005 to February 2007. A total of 271 women aged 18–70 years presented with hypermenorrhea (32), menometrorrhagia (71), secondary amenorrhea (5), and climacteric syndrome (163).
Intervention:
Patients were treated only with the ZS point.
Main Outcome Measures:
Change in symptoms using a self-report scale from 0 (no improvement) to 3 (>75% improvement).
Results:
Ninety-nine percent of the patients improved after the ZS point was needled. The improvement score varied by type of hormone disturbance.
Conclusions:
The newly described ZS point was effective in a sample of women with hormone disturbances.