Clinical Efficacy of Catgut Embedment Combined with Moxibustion and Bloodletting in the Treatment of Androgenic Alopecia

    Jian Gao, Haijin Liu, Jing Shi … Chun-Sheng Jia
    Studysummary This study concluded that catgut embedment combined with moxibustion and bloodletting may be more effective than finasteride for treating androgenic alopecia, possibly due to reductions in testosterone and the testosterone/estradiol ratio.
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