ZHANG Jin-ting, DU Shu-ying, WANG Ning, et al
2014, 22(7): 460.
Objective: To evaluate the effect of "treatment from kidney" by evaluating the effect of Bushen Tiaojing Decoction on nephrasthenia anovulatory infertility. Methods: By using a case-control and self-control study, 167 women with nephrasthenia anovulatory infertility were recruited for three treatment cycles and 3 follow-up cycles. Fifty-five women in the western medicine group took clomiphene citrate, and 112 women in the traditional Chinese and western medicine group were treated with clomiphene and Bushen Tiaojing recipe. Results: The degree of improvement of the clinical signs and symptoms in the traditional Chinese and western medicine group (83.0%) was significantly higher than that of the western medicine group (43.6%, P<0.01), the total pregnancy rate in the traditional Chinese and western medicine group (69.6%) was significantly higher than that of the western medicine group (41.8%, P<0.01), the pregnancy rate per cycle (23.0%) in the traditional Chinese and western medicine group was significantly higher than that of the western medicine group (14.2%, P<0.05), the percentage of women with normal menstrual cycle (82.0%) in the traditional Chinese and western medicine group was significantly higher than that of the western medicine group (71.1%, P<0.05), and the percentage those with ovulation disorder in the traditional Chinese and western medicine group (25.9%) was significantly lower than that of the western medicine group (44.7%, P<0.01), and the endometrial developments on the day of LH-6 to LH +1 in the traditional Chinese and western medicine group were significantly better than those of clomiphene group (P< 0.05 to 0.01). Conclusion: Bushen Tiaojing recipe plays a role in the physiological processes of menstruation, ovulation, endometrial rehabilitation, showing the advantage of "treatment from kidney" with traditional Chinese medicine.