{"paper_id":"d66f662f-dbfb-4b48-95c7-afefb947ce13","body_text":"Abstract\nEndometriosis (EM) is a major cause of infertility and has a complex pathogenesis, which brings severe challenges in both clinical treatment and scientific research. Current clinical research focuses on the difficult problem of improving the pregnancy rate of EM patients. Our studies found that Chinese medicine has significant advantages in terms of improving the pregnancy rate of EM patients.\nSimilar content being viewed by others\nReferences\nCao ZY, ed. Chinese obstetrics and gynecology. 3th ed. Beijing: People’s Medical Publishing House;2014:1351.\nStrathy JH, Molgaard CA, Coulam CB, ML Rd. Endometriosis and infertility: a laparoscopic study of endometriosis among fertile and infertile women. Fertil Steril 1982;38:667–672.\nBuyalos RP, Agaiwal SK. Endometriosis-associated infertility. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 2000;12:377–381.\nDai ZQ, Zhao RH. Professor Zhao Rui-hua’s experience in treating endometriosis-related infertility. World J Integr Tradit West Med (Chin) 2017;7:921–924.\nZhang J, Zhao RH. Clinical observation of endometriosisrelated infertility in the treatment of sequential therapy of activating blood and tonifying Kidney. Chin J Inf Tradit Chin Med (Chin) 2014;21:93–95.\nZhang J, Zhao RH. Clinical study of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of endometriosis-associated infertility. Beijing J Tradit Chin Med (Chin) 2013;32:855–857.\nRen ZZ. Clinical study on recurrence of pelvic endometriosis treated with traditional Chinese medicine after 1 year of conservative surgery (Dissertation). Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. 2011.\nCui YK. Traditional Chinese medicine for activating blood circulation and eliminating stasis suppress pelvic endometriosis recurrence after two years of clinical obseravation (Dissertation). Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 2012.\nZhao RH, Hao ZP, Zhany Y, Lian FM, Sun WW, Liu Y, et al. Controlling the recurrence of pelvic endometriosis after a conservative operation: comparison between Chinese herbal medicine and Western medicine. Chin J Integr Med 2013;19:820–825.\nCui YY, Sun WW, Zhao RH, Xu C, Wu TS. Effects of endometriosis on the reproductive ability of mice. Acta Lab Ani Sci Sin (Chin) 2015;23:479–483.\nYang YH, Zhao RH, Wu TS, Cui YY, Sun WW, Xu C. Effects of Huoxue Xiaoyi Formula on expressions of HOXA10 of mice with endometriosis hypofunction pregnancy. Liaoning J Tradit Chin Med (Chin) 2016;12:2639–2642.\nCui YY, Sun WW, Zhao RH, Xu C, Wu TS. Effects of a Chinese traditional medicine, Huoxue Xiaoyi Fang, on embryo development after in vitro fertilization in mouse models of endometriosis. Chin J Comp Med (Chin) 2015;31–36,43,85.\nCui YY, Sun WW, Zhao RH, Xu C, Wu TS. Effects of Huoxue Xiaoyi Fang on embryo development after IVF-ET in endometriosis model mice. J Reproduct Med 2016;2:166–171.\nZhao RH, Tang Y. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment experience of endometriosis related infertility. Beijing J Tradit Chin Med (Chin) 2015:288–290.\nAuthor information\nAuthors and Affiliations\nCorresponding author\nRights and permissions\nAbout this article\nCite this article\nZhao, Rh. Strategies for Activating Blood Circulation-Regulating Gan (Liver)-Tonifying Shen (Kidney) Sequential Therapy of Endometriosis-Associated Infertility. Chin. J. Integr. Med. 25, 243–245 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-018-2931-9\nReceived:\nPublished:\nVersion of record:\nIssue date:\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-018-2931-9","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}