Visualization Research on the Progress of Acupuncture Treatment for PCOS Based on Citespace

Background: Acupuncture in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has attracted much attention in recent years. Acupuncture, as an adjunct therapy, provides a relatively safe and feasible treatment option for PCOS patients. Objective: To visually analyze the hot spots and trends of acupuncture and moxibustion in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) by bibliometrics, so as to provide some reference for the research in this field in China. Results and conclusions: (1) A total of 196 literatures were included, and the number of publications and citations showed an increasing trend in general; The discipline distribution involves integrated and complementary medicine, general internal medicine, endocrinology and metabolism, physiology and neuroscience, showing a trend of interdisciplinary integration. Stener-Victorin and Elisabet are the authors with the most publications, and the institution with the most publications is Heilongjiang University of China is the most prolific country for Chinese Medicine. (2) The keywords analysis found that the research focusses on the use of different acupuncture therapy to treat PCOS; Analysis of mechanism of acupuncture treatment for polycystic ovary syndrome; Analysis of curative effect of acupuncture and moxibustion on polycystic ovary syndrome. (3) The research hotspots in the field of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of PCOS mainly focus on the use of different acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of PCOS as the theme, combined with the analysis of the mechanism of acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of PCOS and the analysis of efficacy.