Clinical efficacy of Yangjing Decoction on idiopathic asthenozoospermia
Shen, S.-L.; Zhao, Q.; Xu, G.; Li, X.-W.; Tu, H.-S.
Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue 16(6): 569-571
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 1009-3591 PMID: 20608365 Document Number: 643520
To evaluate the clinical effect of the Chinese medicine Yangjing Decoction on idiopathic asthenospermia. This study included 62 patients with idiopathic asthenospermia diagnosed with the computer-assisted semen analysis system and other methods based on the WHO guidelines. The patients were equally randomized to a trial and a control group, the former treated with Yangjing Decoction at the dose of 400 ml bid, and the latter with Yougui Capsules tid, both for a course of 6 months. Then we analyzed the changes in sperm concentration and percentage of grade a + b sperm in the patients, as well as the pregnancy in their wives. Compared with the controls, the patients of the trial group showed a significantly elevated percentage of grade a + b sperm after 6 months medication (P < 0.01), though no statistically significant differences were observed in sperm concentration (P > 0.05). The total rate of effectiveness was 87.09% and 7 pregnancies were achieved in the trial group, as compared with 66.74% and 3 pregnancies in the controls (P < 0.05). Yangjing Decoction can significantly improve sperm vitality, and has a desirable effect on idiopathic asthenospermia.