title: Effect of traditional Chinese medicine on oligoasthenospermatism: a narrative review.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To summarize the treatment of oligoasthenospermatism (OAS) with Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
  
  
  METHODS
  The literature describing OAS treatment with TCM in the past 4 years was searched. Three studies were reviewed, evaluated, and summarized. The etiology and pathogenesis, pattern differentiation, medicine administration, and combination of TCM with Western Medicine were all examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  TCM had an advantage in treating OAS and had fewer adverse events than conventional treatments.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although TCM has an advantage in treating OAS and fewer adverse events, the efficacy of TCM and modern medicine on OAS is unsatisfactory.
authors.forename: Du
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D053627:Asthenozoospermia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal