TCM Treatment for Follicle Stimulating Hormone Deficiency
ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY
According to our clinical practice, an acupuncture protocol was described for treatment of menopausal syndrome that focused on attempting to improve mental activities. The treatment was claimed to have a notable beneficial effect and also to alter the levels of key menopause-related hormones: E2 (estradiol), FSH (follicle stimulating hormone), and LH (luteinizing hormone).

The primary therapy was based on a set of four acupuncture points, three of them along the center line of the body (governing and conception vessels) and one as a pair of points on either side of the spine (bladder meridian):
-- qihai (CV-6) needled perpendicularly 1.5 cun with reinforcing-reducing method
-- shenshu (BL-23) needled by twirling obliquely toward the spine 1.5 cun with the reinforcing method
-- baihui (GV-20) needled posteriorly and horizontally 0.5 cun with reinforcing-reducing method
-- fengfu (GV-16) punctured slowly toward the mandible 1 cun with reinforcing-reducing method

A number of adjunctive points were chosen and one or two were selected for treatment of individual symptoms or constitutional conditions (examples are sanyinjiao, taixi, zusanli, taichong, and sishencong). Needle retention was for 15-20 minutes with manipulation twice during the retention time. Treatment was administered daily for four weeks (6 days acupuncture, 1 day break for each week).

Recommended Prescription:
yuanzhi (polygala) 4%
shichangpu (acorus) 4%
tiannanxing (arisaema) 4%
hupo (succinum) 4%
longchi (dragon tooth) 4%
tianzhuhuang (bamboo sap) 4%
wuweizi (schizandra) 20%
suanzaoren (zizyphus) 16%
danggui (tang-kuei) 10%
roucongrong cistanche 8%
gouqizi (lycium) 8%
boziren (biota) 6%
renshen (ginseng) 4%
yizhiren (alpinia) 4%