Effect of Chinese Herbal Medicine on Female Infertility

Dan Jiang, Lily Li
In: Obstetrics & Gynecology International Journal · 2017 · vol. 8(1) · doi:10.15406/ogij.2017.08.00274 · W3021966583
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Abstract

Infertility is the inability of a sexually active, non-contracepting couple to achieve pregnancy in one year. In recent years, more couples are looking to alternative and complementary medicine (CAM) to achieve a satisfactory result, although conventional treatment possesses many effective therapies to treat infertility. Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM) can be a very effective treatment. Through combining multiple therapies from within this traditional medical system, such as CHM and acupuncture together, CHM, otherwise known as TCM, can enhance the natural pregnancy rate two-fold, which is remarkably higher than through routine hormonal treatment. Evidence has also shown that CHM can increase the success rate of Assistant Reproductive Techniques (ART) from 33% to 60%. Authors here have reviewed CHM research papers from China, Asia, Europe and America which explain how to treat infertility using CHM based on clinical experience, how CHM supports ART, and also pre-clinical research which seeks to prove CHM's effectiveness, and demonstrate its mechanism of action from laboratory and animal tests. The key techniques of CHM are either using a tried-and-tested formula composed of a mixture of several herbs according to classical theory or clinical experience of a famous doctor, or by using a combination of multiple traditional therapies together. Some researchers advocate integrating CHM with surgery to encourage post-operative healing and promote early patient recovery.

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