A Review of the Utility of Bee Venom on Gynecological Disorders

A Review of the Utility of Bee Venom on Gynecological Disorders Jin-Wook Lee, Na-Hoon Kang, Eun-Sil Yoo, Nam-Chun Park, He-Rynn Yang, Nam-Hoon Kim, Kyoung-Sun Park, Jin-Moo Lee, Chang-Hoon Lee, Jun-Bok Jang, Deok-Sang Hwang Dept. of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung-Hee University Women’s Healthcare Center, Kyung-Hee University Korean Medicine Hospital Dept. of Gynecology, College of Korean Medicine, Kyung-Hee University Objectives: Bee Venom has been used to relieve pain and to treat various diseases, such as arthritis, cancer and skin disease. Although Bee Venom has used extensively in gynecological fields, we don’t have enough evidence with it. This study is to investigate efficacy and safety of Bee Venom on women by investigating papers, then we are going to suggest the direction of research. Methods: We searched for papers which had Bee Venom from Pubmed, OASIS, Journal of Korean Obstetrics & Gynecology, Journal of Korean Medicine up to August 2017, then classified according to the type of studies. Results: Eleven papers have been finally selected. One paper was a case report about atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance. Four papers were in vivo studies about 1 endometriosis and 1 polycystic ovarian syndrome and 2 human cervical cancer. Among eight papers that were in vitro studies, four papers were reported about ovarian cancer and four papers reported about human cervical cancer. Among ten papers that were experimental studies, two papers have been studied both in vivo and in vitro. Most of studies have shown that Bee Venom is useful for gynecological disorders. Conclusions: It has been identified that Bee Venom could be a good treatment for female disorder. However, more clinical reports and well-designed studies will be needed.

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