Treatment of Kidney-reinforcing and Blood-nourishing Herbs for Anovulatory Sterility:Effect and Mechanism / 广州中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

To observe the effect of kidney reinforcing and blood nourishing herbal medicines in treating anovulatory sterility (AS) and its mechanism. Two hundred and seventy six cases of AS with hypopituitarism confirmed by the examination of blood sexual hormones were divided into three groups to receive the treatment of promoting ovulation. Group A was treated with modified Zhenwu Decoction and Reinforcing Qi and Nourishing Yin Powder (one dose per day) from the third day of menstrual cycle (MC) to the ovulating day; Group B with clomiphene (50mg/d) from the fifth day of MC, with human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG) added, 10?000?U im in the day of follicle maturity and Group C with human menopausal gonadotrophin (HMG) 25 U/d im from the eighth day of MC and then with HCG added, 10 000 U im in the day of follicle maturity. After treatment, the cases were asked to have sexual intercourse for three nights. Ovulation time was monitored by ultrasound B imaging for one time every other day until follicle became maturity (1 8?cm?1 8?cm).Early pregnancy was detected by HCG test.Ninety three MC were ovulatory among 167 MC in Group A, the ovulation rate being 55 68%; 182 among 230 in Group B , the rate being 79 13% and 88 among 134 in Group C , the rate being 65 67%. Multisample ? 2 test showed that the ovulation rate in Group A was lower than that in Group B and Group C (? 2=9 345, P