A prospective study of heat sensitive moxibustion combined with Bushen Huoxue herbs in the treatment of sterility due to ovulatory dysfunction / 中国生化药物杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effect of heat sensitive moxibustion combined with Bushen Huoxue traditional Chinese medicine for treating sterility due to ovulatory dysfunction, provide evidence-based medicine proof for clinical treatment of ovulation dysfunction infertility optimization scheme.Methods This was a prospective, randomized, parallel controlled study.The control group injected recombinant human chorionic gonadotrophin ( HCG) by intramuscular, the observation group used the traditional Chinese medicine heat sensitive moxibustion combined with Bushe Huoxue herbs therapy, with the total curative effect, the ovulation rate, pregnancy rate, B ultrasound follicle image as the main observation indexes to judge the effect of treatment.Results After treatment, the of control group and treatment group patients were able to ovulate; the total effective rate of treatment group was 100%, slightly higher than the control group, by Ridit analysis, R =0.523, P =0.720; after treatment, two groups of pregnancy success rate approaches, P=0.243, with no significant difference; the average healing time was shorter than that of control group (P<0.05); the diameter of the largest follicle increased in two groups after treatment, but the difference was not statistically significant;the treatment group improved the total efficiency of the kidney deficiency was higher than that in control group, but the difference was not statistically significant.Conclusion Application of combined treatment of Bushen Houxue herbs and heat sensitive moxibustion can improve the ovulation rate and pregnancy rate in patients of ovulation dysfunction infertility with kidney deficiency and blood stasis, convenient and economic.