Medical Plants Research Center, Basic Health Sciences Institute, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University of Shahrekord, Shahrekord, Iran.
JBRA Assist Reprod. 2022 Aug 4;26(3):522-530. doi: 10.5935/1518-0557.20210108.
Infertility, defined as the inability to conceive after one year of intercourse without the use of contraception, affects 15% of couples. Many factors, such as genitourinary tract infections, endocrine disorders, immunological factors and drug-related injuries, affect the male reproductive system and cause infertility. Due to men's fear of infertility, it is very important to pay attention to medicinal plants that are effective in male fertility. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the medicinal plants that affect sperm and testosterone production in men.
In this review, we used the following search terms, consisting of herbal medicine, traditional medicine, traditional therapies, sperm, testosterone, testicles and Iran were used to retrieve the relevant articles published in the journals indexed in the Information Sciences Institute, Science Direct, PubMed, Scopus, PubMed Central and Scientific Information Databases. We searched and used papers published between 2000 and 2020. Then, we analyzed the eligible papers. We collected and analyzed 35 papers from the databases. We selected only the articles about herbs that affect sperm and testosterone production.
Based on the results, herbs Apium graveolens, Cinnamomum camphora, Cornus mas, Satureja khuzestanica, Withania somnifera, Fumaria parviflora, zingiber officinale, cinnamomum zeylanicum and Phoenix dactylifera are used in the male reproductive system.
Plants can probably be useful in increasing fertility due to their antioxidant power and low side effects.
不孕定义为在无避孕措施的情况下,夫妻双方在一年的性生活后仍无法怀孕,影响了 15%的夫妇。许多因素,如生殖道感染、内分泌紊乱、免疫因素和药物相关损伤,都会影响男性生殖系统,导致不孕。由于男性对不孕的恐惧,关注对男性生育能力有影响的药用植物非常重要。因此,本研究旨在评估影响男性精子和睾丸酮产生的药用植物。
在本次综述中,我们使用了以下搜索词,包括草药、传统医学、传统疗法、精子、睾丸酮、睾丸和伊朗,以检索信息科学研究所、Science Direct、PubMed、Scopus、PubMed Central 和科学信息数据库中收录的相关文章。我们检索并使用了 2000 年至 2020 年期间发表的论文。然后,我们分析了合格的论文。我们从数据库中收集和分析了 35 篇论文。我们只选择了关于影响精子和睾丸酮产生的草药的文章。
基于研究结果,阿魏、樟、山茱萸、新疆野苹果、蛇床子、地肤、生姜、肉桂和枣椰树等草药被用于男性生殖系统。
由于植物具有抗氧化能力和低副作用,因此可能对提高生育能力有用。