Progress on treating adenomyosis with modern Chinese medicine

Adenomyosisdoes not exist as a disease name in Chinese medical books. According to its etiology and clinical syndromes,it is categorized into dysmenorrhea,irregular menstruation, abdominal massandinfertilityetc. In modern Chinese medicine,its causes of disease and pathologi- cal mechanisms are roughly divided into six kinds: Qi stagnation and blood stasis,cold coagulation and blood stasis,deficiency of kidney and blood stasis,blood stasis owing to Qi deficiency and,blood stasis owing to heat scorching,intermingled phlegm and blood stasis. Treating this disease with Chinese medicine has good curative effect and light side effects,and it is easily accepted by patients. However,it is short of strict scientific research,adequate research mechanism,unified standards of pattern differentiation and effect evaluation,as well as unified therapeutically schedule with Chinese medicine and clinical pathway. Special attention should be paid to improve future research.