A dispute about whether women are suitable to receive acupuncture treatment in the period of menstruation has existed for many years.There are some reports about acupuncture treatment induced abnormal menstruation in women experiencing menstruation.However

according to long-term clinical practice and current development of acupuncture therapy

the authors of the present paper hold that there are no absolute contradictions for acupuncture treatment of women during menstruation.Additionally

acupuncture induced menstrual disorder has no enough data support of large size example clinical trials.The key points of acupuncture administration for women during menstruation are:1)reasonable selection of acupoints prescriptions

and 2)appropriate acupuncture needle manipulations

particularly avoiding strong stimulation.