Clinical observation and study of mechanisms of needle-picking therapy for primary infertility of abnormal sperm / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To search for the best method for increasing clinical therapeutic effect on primary abnormality of sperm.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One hundred and sixty-eight cases of infertility were randomly divided into a treatment group of 85 cases and a control group of 83 cases. The treatment group were treated with needle-picking at bilateral Shengzhi points, Dicong Shenjing points and L2 Shenjing points as main. The control group were treated with oral administration of Wuzi Yanzong Pills [symbol see text]. Their therapeutic effects were observed in 3 hospitals.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total effective rate of 83.5% and the pregnancy rate of the patient's wife of 78.8% in the treatment group, and corresponding figures were 54.2% and 43.4% in the control group, with a very significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01); and reproductive hormones improved significantly after treatment in the two groups (P < 0.01); after treatment, superoxide dismulase (SOD) activity and Zn content in semen were elevated and cadmium level decreased significantly in the treatment group (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Needle picking therapy can significantly improve and regulate endocrine function, increase quality of semen and elevate pregnancy rate of the patient's wife for the patient of primary abnormal sperm.</p>