Objectives:
This study was performed to analyze the pattern identification in infertile women who participated in infertility support program of Cheongju-city.
Methods:
The project proceeded from October, 2016 to June 2017. Participants filled in the questionnaire which is composed of 33 symptoms before korean medical treatments. Data were collected from 17 participants. We classified symptoms into six pattern identifications based on previous research and rated each answer to score.
Results:
Throughout the study, the average age of 26 patients was 34.88±3.19 years old, the average height was 162.51±4.99 ㎝, and average weight was 58.41±7.88 ㎏. The average duration of acupuncture treatment was 121.03±52.73 days and the average times of acupuncture treatment was 27.42±10.77 times. The average number of herbal medicine treatment was 2.65±0.69, the majority of it was Chokyungjongok-tang. After the treatment, 3 patients of infertility became pregnant (11.54%) in twenty six patients.
By analyzing pattern identification survey papers, We can classify infertile women into 6 pattern identification based on previous research. The majority of participants was identified as Blood deficiency and the other participants were identified as Kidney deficiency, Liver depression, Dampness-phlegm, Qi deficiency and Static blood in order of priority. Most of patients’ pattern identification were combined with two kind of pattern identification. In terms of priority, Liver depression combined with Kidney deficiency, Blood deficiency combined with Kidney deficiency, Liver depression combined with Qi deficiency, Liver depression combined with Dampness-phlegm.
Conclusions:
After the study we confirmed that Korean traditional medicine is a safe treatment for infertile women. Further clinical study about herbal medicines of patients who have combined pattern identification is needed.