title: [Clinical observation on electroacupuncture and Chinese drug for treatment of oligospermia and asthenospermia of the male infertility patient].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare therapeutic effects of acupuncture and Chinese drug on oligospermia and asthenospermia in the male infertility.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred and thirty-one cases were divided into 3 groups. The electroacupuncture group (n = 71) were treated with acupuncture at Qihai (CV 6), Guanyuan (CV 4), Zhongji (CV 3), etc., the Chinese drug group (n = 82) with oral administration of Chinese drug Wuzi Yanzong Pill and the acupuncture plus medication group (n = 78) with both electroacupuncture and oral administration of the Chinese drug. Changes of semen routine examination and the acrosome enzyme activity were observed before and after treatment in the 3 groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The effective rate was 67.6% in the electroacupuncture group, 68.3% in the Chinese drug group and 84.6% in the acupuncture plus medication group, the acupuncture plus medication group being significantly better than both the electroacupuncture and the Chinese drug group (P < 0.05); after treatment, the semen density, vitality and the acrosome enzyme activity were increased in the 3 groups, with more obvious increase in the acupuncture plus medication group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Both electroacupuncture and Chinese drug Wuzi Yanzong Pill can improve the semen quality, increase the pregnancy rate in the patient of male interfile with oligospermia and asthenospermia, and the effect of the combined treatment of acupuncture and Chinese drug is the best.
authors.affiliation: Human Sperm Bank, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China. nnwzq@163.com
authors.forename: Zhi-Qiang
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yao-Quan
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015671:Electroacupuncture; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D013076:Sperm Count; D013081:Sperm Motility
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal