Utilization of traditional herbal medicine formulas for unexplained female infertility in Korea: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to investigate the prescription of traditional herbal medicines for the treatment of unexplained female infertility in Korea. By analyzing the relationships among the prescriptions and between the prescriptions and treatment outcomes, we aimed to confirm the utilization of standardized prescriptions and the effectiveness of this standardization.

Methods

The data were derived from the "support projects" of the local government for infertile women to receive Korean medical treatments. The presciption data of 453 participants from 2017 to 2018 were analyzed. Data preprocessing, frequency analysis, and network analysis were conducted. For network analysis, the characteristics of the herbal medicine prescriptions were used to calculate the degree centr

SUBMITTER: Choi SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10585731 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature