Gurfinkel Edson, Cedenho Agnaldo P, Yamamura Ysao, Srougi Miguel
Human Reproduction Division, Discipline of Urology, São Paulo Federal University, Paulista School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil.
Asian J Androl. 2003 Dec;5(4):345-8.
To evaluate the effect of Chinese Traditional Medicine, acupuncture and moxa treatment, on the semen quality in patients with semen abnormalities.
In a prospective, controlled and blind study, nineteen patients, aged 24 years approximately 42 years and married for 3 years approximately 11 years without children with semen abnormalities in concentration, morphology and/or progressive motility without apparent cause, were randomized into two groups and submitted to acupuncture and moxa treatment at the therapeutic (Study Group) and the indifferent points (Control Group), respectively, for 10 weeks. Semen analyses were performed before and after the treatment course.
The patients of the Study Group presented a significant increase in the percentage of normal-form sperm compared to the Control Group (calculated U=16.0, critical U=17.0).
The Chinese Traditional Medicine acupuncture and moxa techniques significantly increase the percentage of normal-form sperm in infertile patients with oligoastenoteratozoospermia without apparent cause.
评估中医针灸艾灸疗法对精液异常患者精液质量的影响。
在一项前瞻性、对照、盲法研究中，将19例年龄在24岁至42岁之间、结婚3年至11年未育、精液浓度、形态和/或前向运动能力异常且无明显病因的患者随机分为两组，分别在治疗穴位（研究组）和非治疗穴位（对照组）接受针灸艾灸治疗，为期10周。在治疗前后进行精液分析。
与对照组相比，研究组患者的正常形态精子百分比显著增加（计算得出的U = 16.0，临界U = 17.0）。
中医针灸艾灸技术可显著提高无明显病因的少弱畸精子症不育患者的正常形态精子百分比。
