title: [Treating oligospermia patients of Shen-essence deficiency syndrome by 3 different treatment programs: a clinical observation].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the clinical efficacy of 3 different treatment programs for oligospermia patients of Shen-essence deficiency syndrome (SEDS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Totally 450 male patients were randomly assigned to 3 groups, i.e., the treatment group, the control group 1, and the control group 2, 150 in each group. Patients in the treatment group were treated by Bushen Yijing Decoction (BYD), tamoxifen tablet (TT), Licorzine Capsule (LC), and Vitamin E Soft Capsule (VESC). Those in the control group 1 were treated by BYD, LC, and VESC. Those in the control group 2 were treated by TT, LC, and VESC. All patients were treated for 3 months. Their pregnant rates were compared. Clinical efficacies of each Chinese medical symptom and sperm parameters [sperm density, grade a sperm motility rate, grade (a + b) sperm motility rate, grade (a + b + c) sperm motility rate, and normal sperm morphology rate] were compared before and after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At 3 months after treatment 61 patients were pregnant in the treatment group, 36 patients were pregnant in the control group 1, and 30 patients were pregnant in the control group 2. The differences in the sperm density, grade a sperm motility rate, and grade (a + b) sperm motility rate, and grade (a + b + c) sperm motility rate between before and after treatment were significantly higher in the treatment group than in the control group 1 and the control group 2 (P < 0.01). The difference in the normal sperm morphology rate between before and after treatment was obviously higher in the treatment group and the control group 1 than in the control group 2 (P < 0.01). Better results were obtained in the treatment group and the control group 1 in improving the sexual apathy, soreness and weakness of waist and knees, impotence, premature ejaculation, seminal emission, dizziness, tinnitus, forgetfulness, alopecia, when compared with the control group 2 (P < 0.01, P < 0.05). There was no statistical difference in the total effective rate of improving Chinese medical symptoms between the treatment group and the control group 1 (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  BYD combined with TT, LC, and VESC could significantly improve sperm qualities and clinical Chinese medical symptoms of oligospermia patients of SEDS.
authors.affiliation: Reproductive Medical Center, Puyang Maternity and Children Health Hospital, Henan 457000, China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Yong
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yu-Fen
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zi-Xue
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Guan-Yu
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Tai-Kun
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008517:Phytotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal