Bensoussan A

ORCID: 0000-0002-7433-667X · 3 papers in corpus
review 2014
Acupuncture and women's health: an overview of the role of acupuncture and its clinical management in women's reproductive health
International journal of women's health ·doi:10.2147/ijwh.s38969

BACKGROUND: Acupuncture and other modalities of Chinese/East Asian medicine have been used to treat women's health for many centuries. Gynecology specialties focus particularly on menstrual and reproductive disorders. Both the adoption of t…

review 2014
Herbal medicine for the management of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and associated oligo/amenorrhoea and hyperandrogenism; a review of the laboratory evidence for effects with corroborative clinical findings
BMC complementary and alternative medicine ·doi:10.1186/1472-6882-14-511

BACKGROUND: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a prevalent, complex endocrine disorder characterised by polycystic ovaries, chronic anovulation and hyperandrogenism leading to symptoms of irregular menstrual cycles, hirsutism, acne and inf…

meta-analysis 2008
Chinese herbal medicine for primary dysmenorrhoea
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews ·doi:10.1002/14651858.cd005288.pub3

BACKGROUND: Conventional treatment for primary dysmenorrhoea has a failure rate of 20% to 25% and may be contraindicated or not tolerated by some women. Chinese herbal medicine may be a suitable alternative. OBJECTIVES: To determine the ef…