根據2017年發表於《British Medical Journal》在英國做的小型研究發現個體化和標準化的中草藥處方具有相似的安全性和對月經規律的臨床影響。這個研究持續使用6個月的中草藥,其中它們也有發現使用這麼久的期間/用藥的頻率會影響患者願不願意持續用藥的可能(就像大學生妹妹不想要一直吃藥XD)。但持續使用中藥對於讓月經規律是有顯著效果的!
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在2014年由中國醫藥大學蘇珊玉主任團隊發表在《Complementary Therapies in Medicine》的Reduction of surgery rate in endometriosis patients who take Chinese medicine: a population-based retrospective cohort study.發現中藥合併西藥治療可以降低需要手術的風險。
對於疼痛的部分針灸也能有效的緩解,2018年在《International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics》發表的。與安慰劑相比,針灸的統合分析顯示疼痛減輕具有顯著益處(P = 0.007)。常見使用氣海、關元、中極、子宮等穴位做治療。
另外在2017年發表在《Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine》與2018年《Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine》兩篇文章發現使用補腎活血方或是活血疏肝補腎的治療方式皆有助於提高懷孕率。
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台南市立醫院中醫醫院蒐集2013年至2016年院內精液質量差的男性不孕患者126名並在2018年於《Journal of
Clinical Medicine》發表「對精液品質差的不孕男性中藥的治療效果」,比較使用中藥與未使用中藥患者,三個月後追蹤的精液檢查,發現有進步的92.5%為使用中藥的患者,與非中藥使用者患者相比在濃度與型態上的變化有顯著的差異。在經過年齡、BMI、抽菸喝酒、與生育所花的時間上作校正後,發現整體精蟲品質進步幅度是未用中藥者的10.7倍!
於2019年發表於《Acupuncture in Medicine》也指出在穴位腎俞(BL23),關元(CV4),足三里(ST36)與會陰(CV1)每日2HZ電針30分鐘持續兩個月後,對於整體精蟲數量、濃度、活動力、直線活動的比例都有顯著的進步!
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