Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine on oligoasthenospermatism: a narrative review

OBJECTIVE: To summarize the treatment of oligoasthenospermatism(OAS) with Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM).METHODS: The literature describing OAS treatment with TCM in the past 4 years was searched.Three studies were reviewed, evaluated, and summarized. The etiology and pathogenesis, pattern differ...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2014-10, Vol.34 (5), p.616-620
Hauptverfasser: Gao, Du, Cui, Yun, Wu, Jun, Zhang, Fan, Zhou, Yang
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:OBJECTIVE: To summarize the treatment of oligoasthenospermatism(OAS) with Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM).METHODS: The literature describing OAS treatment with TCM in the past 4 years was searched.Three studies were reviewed, evaluated, and summarized. The etiology and pathogenesis, pattern differentiation, medicine administration, and combination of TCM with Western Medicine were all examined.RESULTS: TCM had an advantage in treating OAS and had fewer adverse events than conventional treatments.CONCLUSION: Although TCM has an advantage in treating OAS and fewer adverse events, the efficacy of TCM and modern medicine on OAS is unsatisfactory.
ISSN:0255-2922
0254-6272
DOI:10.1016/S0254-6272(15)30072-8