Current Progress of Chinese Medicinal Treatment of Endometriosis

• Published in: Chinese journal of integrative medicine Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 283 - 288
• Main Author: 江涵 沈彦 王香桂
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Chinese Association of Traditional and Western Medicine 01.06.2010
• Subjects: Drugs, Chinese Herbal - pharmacology; Drugs, Chinese Herbal - therapeutic use; Endometriosis - drug therapy; Endometriosis - etiology; Endometriosis - physiopathology; Female; Humans; Integrative Medicine; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Medicine, Chinese Traditional - trends; Menstruation - drug effects; Menstruation - physiology; Review; 中医治疗; 中医药; 临床治疗; 妇科疾病; 子宫内膜异位症; 治疗作用; 生育年龄; 药物治疗; endometriosis; treatment; traditional Chinese medicine; review
• ISSN: 1672-0415; 1993-0402; 1993-0402
• DOI: 10.1007/s11655-010-0283-9

Endometriosis（EM）is one of the common and frequently encountered gynecological diseases that seriously influences women＇s health.Its morbidity reaches 10%-15%in women at reproductive ages,and shows an evident rising tendency.In recent years,the Chinese medicine treatment of EM has won favorable therapeutic effects with few adverse reactions.A brief review on this topic has been made through analyzing and summarizing recent pertinent literatures in terms of treatment depending on syndrome differentiation,cycle treatment,external treatment,integrative medicinal treatment,so as to try to know the status quo of Chinese medicine treatment on EM,and to provide some instructive views for clinical treatment and research.