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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The clinical therapeutic effect and the total effective rate for TCM syndromes were 92. 0 % and 94. 0 % in the regulating kidney and smoothing liver needling group, 86. 0 % and 88. 0 % in the routine acupuncture group and 78. 0 % and 84. 0 % in the Chinese medicine group, with a significant difference among the 3 groups, the former being better than the other two groups ; after treatment, serum PRL, P, P/E2 significantly improved in all the 3 groups (P < 0. 05) and the regulating kidney and smoothing liver needling group was better than other two groups in decreasing PRL and increasing P, P/E2 (P < 0. 05) ; and E2, CD8 +, CD4 + / CD8 + significantly improved in the regulating kidney and smoothing liver needling group and the routine acupuncture group, the former being better than the later in decreasing E2 (P < 0. 05).