Efficacy of Guizhi Fuling Wan for primary dysmenorrhea: protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) is one of the main gynecological complaints in women of child-bearing age, but limited effective treatments are available. Guizhi Fuling Wan (GFW), one of the most widely known traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) formulations, has been commonly used in clinical practice to treat gynecological disorders in China. In recent years, a growing number of studies have shown that GFW is beneficial for patients with PD. However, the quality of evidence is limited, and there are few studies on specific TCM syndromes of GFW for PD. Therefore, we plan to conduct a randomized controlled trial to explore the efficacy and safety of GFW for PD patients with heat-burning blood-stasis syndrome.

Methods and analysis

The clinical study is a randomized, double

SUBMITTER: Du Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8684114 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature