How to regulate Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) from a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective?

Patient's question:

Asexuality. Menstruated at the age of 12, always normal. During high school, there were occasional mild pain, delay or advance phenomena, but all within the normal range.

Doctor's answer:

Increase exercise to reduce weight, correct endocrine and metabolic disorders exacerbated by obesity, reduce insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia, lower IGF-1, increase IGfBP-1, and simultaneously increase SHBG to reduce free androgen levels. Weight loss can restore ovulation in some obese women with PCOS and prevent the occurrence of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Metformin treatment can be used for both diabetics and non-diabetics, effectively reducing weight, improving insulin sensitivity, lowering insulin levels, and even reducing hair growth or restoring menstruation (25%) and ovulation. Since obesity and insulin resistance are the main causes of PCOS, any drug that can reduce weight and increase insulin sensitivity can treat this syndrome.

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