If you are wondering- “is PCOS treatable?”, it is not a yes or no question. PCOS treatment depends on a lot of factors which includes your age or how severe the symptoms are in your case and even your overall help. The treatment process often involves medication, and while it can’t cure it completely, these medications will help in reducing the symptoms.

Chinese medicines have inspired many over the years and the main objective is to create the perfect balance in the endocrine system with a holistic approach. According to a study published in the American Journal of Endocrinology, Physiology and Metabolism– it was revealed that undergoing a series of acupuncture treatments over a duration of 12 weeks could actually reduce the metabolic effects of PCOS and also showed an increase in population frequency.

Study find out the mechanism behind it and concluded that the acupuncture points modulated the sympathetic nerve stimulation to the ovaries. When the sympathetic nervous system effects are reduced, it shows a major impact on the multiple hormonal functions in our body.

Another research was done by Lim C, Ng R, Cheng N, Zhang G, Chen H and was published on Cochrane (a medical research organization). The main objective behind the research was to find out the effectiveness and safety of acupuncture treatment for ovulation disorders in women diagnosed with PCOS. Around eight studies were conducted involving 1546 women different forms of acupuncture were tried out in different scenarios. The results obtained were not extremely definite and they were not sure whether acupuncture improved ovulation rate or not. However, it was also noticed that acupuncture might have improved restoration of regular menstrual periods.

One more research conducted by a team of medical experts tried to summarize and evaluate the evidence from randomized controlled trials using acupuncture to treat PCOS. They were specially focused on ovulation rate, menstrual rate and related hormones. The level of evidence was not enough to prove that acupuncture is likely to improve population rate and squirrel rate. However acupuncture showed significant benefits as a treatment supplement to medication in luteinizing hormone, testosterone, fasting insulin and pregnancy rates.

Researchers from Maternal and Child HealthCare Hospital of Hengfeng County found in one of their experiments that acupuncture could successfully regulate hormone and ovarian blood flow in women with PCOS. Combined with drug therapy, it produced superior outcomes in the participants. Following the principles of traditional Chinese medicine, a total of 8 acupuncture points for PCOS were selected.