ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2018
The Therapeutic Effects of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Poor Semen Quality in Infertile Males.
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- The Mechanism and Experimental Validation of Forsythoside A in the Treatment of Male Infertility Were Analyzed Based on Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
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- Deep Learning-Based Morphological Classification of Human Sperm Heads.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Progress in Research on Sperm DNA Fragmentation.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2020Review
- Effects of Qilin pills on spermatogenesis, reproductive hormones, oxidative stress, and the TSSK2 gene in a rat model of oligoasthenospermia.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2020Article
- Association of Alcohol Intake and Semen Parameters in Men With Primary and Secondary Infertility: A Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Poor sperm quality is one of the main factors of male infertility. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been used frequently in clinical practice in many countries to treat a wide array of infertile problems. To further understand the effects of TCM on semen quality, we retrospectively enrolled patients with male infertility and poor semen quality at the Tainan Municipal Hospital in Taiwan between 2013 and 2016. Semen quality analysis in accordance with the WHO criteria is an essential step in the evaluation of male fertility status. Associations between the semen parameters and body mass index, smoking status, alcohol use, duration of infertility, and age were also analyzed. A total of 126 male infertility patients with abnormal semen analysis were included in this study: 50 TCM users and 13 TCM non-users. The basic characteristics of the two groups were not significantly different. TCM users account for 92.5% of the total semen improvement subjects. In conclusion, TCM supplementation may have a beneficial role as improving sperm quality for infertility patients.
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