Chinese Traditional Medicine in male infertility
Keywords:
INFERTILITY, MALE, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL.Abstract
Introduction: oligoasthenozoospermia is a common cause of male infertility. The kidney according to Chinese Traditional Medicine is one of the most affected organs associated with this health condition.
Objective: to describe the traditional syndromes associated with male infertility, searching for more effective individualized treatments.
Method: an observational and descriptive study was carried out in the Natural and Traditional Medicine Service at Abel Santamaría Cuadrado General Teaching Hospital in Pinar del Río during 2016; 86 infertile patients who met the inclusion criteria were included in the study. The sample was distinguished according to: adjustment of the work-rest regime, inadequate diet, toxic habits, intemperate sexual activity, symptoms and traditional signs, characteristics of tongue and pulse, and syndromes of Zang-Fu organs, according to four diagnostic methods.
Results: 61,6 % of the patients manifested alterations of the work-rest regime, 54,6 % inadequate food intake with increase of fatty foods, and 41 % ingestion of alcoholic beverages; 80,2 % showed lassitude and pain in the lumbar region and knees predominantly, pale tongue with fine-white coating (27,5 %) and the deep and filiform pulse (34 %). The prevailing syndromes according to Zang Fu organs were: Kidney Yang deficiency (34,9 %), Kidney Jing deficiency (29,1 %) and Kidney Yin deficiency (24,4 %).
Conclusions: kidney deficiency syndromes predominated in infertile patients. The differentiation of the syndromes in these patients is of great importance for the adequate alternative of traditional treatment and its effectiveness.
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