Clinical effect of Bushen Huatan Prescription combined with metformin for the treatment of PCOS patients in renal deficiency and sputum stagnation type and its influence on endocrine and endometrial receptivity
ObjectiveTo analyze the clinical effect of Bushen Huatan Prescription combined with metformin for the treatment of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in renal deficiency and sputum stagnation type, and its influence on endocrine and endometrial receptivity. MethodsA total of 60 PCOS patients in renal deficiency and sputum stagnation type were randomly assigned to single-drug group or combined group, with 30 cases in each group. The single-drug group was orally administrated with metformin, and the combine group was orally administrated with Bushen Huatan Prescription (Xinjia Qigong Decoction) and metformin. The 3-month post-treatment clinical efficacy, pre-treatment and 3-month post-treament Traditional Chinese Medicine symptom score, body mass index, sex hormone levels, indices related to insulin resistance, indices related to endometrial receptivity, and incidence rate of adverse reactions during treatment were compared between the two groups. ResultsThe total effective rate of the combined group (93.33%) was higher than that of the single-drug group (73.33%, P<0.05). After treatment, the Traditional Chinese Medicine symptom score, body mass index, fasting blood glucose level, fasting insulin level, and homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance index, endometrial spiral arterial pulsation and resistance indexes, as well as serum luteinizing hormone and testosterone levels in both groups were lower than those before treatment, whereas endometrial thickness, and serum follicle-stimulating hormone and estradiol levels were higher than those before treatment (P<0.05); furthermore, the combined group exhibited superior indices as above to compared with the single-drug group (P<0.05). The incidence rate of adverse reactions during treatment in the combined group was lower than that in the single-drug group (P<0.05). ConclusionThe efficacy of Bushen Huatan Prescription combined with metformin for treating PCOS patients in renal deficiency and sputum stagnation type is superior to single metformin therapy, which can more effectively ameliorate these patients′ clinical symptoms, sex hormone levels, endocrine levels, and endometrial receptivity.