Thirty-two patients with severe dysmenorrhea were treated mainly by acu-puncture of Hege (LI 4) and Sanyinjiao (Sp 6) with Contralateral InsertionMethod. Some clinical data are shown as follows: Thirty-two patients suffered from dysmenorrhea had symptoms of intolera-ble pain on low abdomen

profuse sweating

unable to persit in normal work.The age of these patient is 15-42 year old with an average of 24. The longestcourse of the disease is more than ten years and the shortest only one day.According to the TCM differentiation of symptoms and signs

20 cases belongto obstrctive type due to cold and dampness

whilc 12 to the type of stagna-tion of Qi and blood