Clinical effect of self-made Bushen Huoxue Zhuyun Decoction combined with warm acupuncture at Baliao acupoint in the treatment of occult primary ovarian insufficiency with infertility
XIANG Xi HUANG Xiao-tao▲ GE Man GAO Jing
Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine,Hubei Maternal and Child Health Hospital,Wuhan 430070,China
Abstract:Objective To investigate the clinical effect of self-made Bushen Huoxue Zhuyun Decoction combined with warm acupuncture at Baliao acupoint in the treatment of occult primary ovarian insufficiency (POI)with infertility.Methods Sixty patients with occult POI combined with infertility who were treated in the Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine of HubeiMaternal and Child Health Hospital from March 2017 to December 2018 were selected as the research objects,and they were divided into three groups according to the random alphabet:Letrozole group(group A),Letrozole+Complex Packing Estradiol Tablets/Estradioland Dydrogesterone Tablets(Fenmorphone)+Aspirin group(group B)and Letrozole+Dydrogesterone+Chinesemedicine+warm acupuncture group(group C),20cases in each group.Patients in group A simply used low-dose Letrozole to induce ovulation.Patients in group B were given Complex Packing Estradiol Tablets/Estradioland Dydrogesterone Tablets(white tablets)1to 2mg orally on the tenth day ofmenstruation on the basis of group A,and given Complex Packing Estradiol Tablets/Estradioland Dydrogesterone Tablets(gray tablets)1to 2tablets plus Aspirin Enteric-coated Tablets 25mg for oral administration at 72hours after ovulation.On the basis of group A,the patients in group C were given Chinese medicine self-made Bushen Huoxue Zhuyun Decoction on the fifth day of themenstrual cycle,combined with warm acupuncture at Baliao acupoint twice a week,and given Dydrogesterone Tablets orally 72hours after ovulation,1tabletat a time,twice a day.The treatment period was 6months,and the endometrial thickness,shape,spiral uterine artery blood flow parameters(pulse index [PI],resistance index [RI],peak systolic velocity/end diastolic peak velocity [S/D]),pregnancy rate and spontaneous abortion rate were counted among the three groups.Results The pregnancy rates in group B and group C were higher than those in group A,the differenceswere statistically significant(P<0.05).There was no significant difference in the pregnancy rate between group B and group C (P>0.05).There was no significant difference in spontaneous abortion rate among the three groups (P>0.05).The endometrial thickness in group B and group C was higher than that in group A,with statistically significant differences(P<0.05).There was no statistically significant difference in endometrial thickness between group B and group C (P>0.05).The proportion of endometrium A in group C was higher than that in group A and group B,with statistically significant differences(P<0.05).There was no statistically significant difference in the proportion of endometrium A between group A and group B (P>0.05).The PIof group B and group C was lower than that of group A,with statistically significant differences(P<0.05).There was no statistically significant difference in PIbetween group B and group C(P>0.05).The RIand S/D in group B and group C were lower than those in group A,and those in group C were lower than those in group B,with statistically significant differences(P<0.05).Conclusion The combination of Chinese medicine and acupuncture can definitely improve the endometrial thickness and uterine artery blood flow parameters,and can increase the clinical pregnancy rate of patientswith occult POIwith infertility.
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