Objective: To explore the relationship between the TCM-type of male infertility and the laboratory results of sex hormone.
Methods: Ninety-eight patients with male infertility were divided into 5 groups: Shenyangxu, Shenyinxu, Tanshineiyu, Ganyuxieyu and Jianjiaheng. Semen and blood samples were taken from each patient. Then both semen routine and serum hormone tests were performed, in which CLIA was used with sex hormone.
Results: The routine test of semen showed that Shengyangxu group had a lower semen count (P < 0.01) and a lower survival ratio (P < 0.01) than shenyinxu group. Ganyuxieyu group had a lower survival ratio (P < 0.01) and inferior motility (P < 0.01). While the sex hormone test, showed that the Shenyinxu, Tanshineiyu, and Ganyuxueyu group had a higher level of testosterone (P < 0.05) than Shenyangxu group, and Shenyinxu group had a lower level of LH, FSH than Shenyanxu group (P < 0.05, P < 0.01).
Conclusions: Some relationship does exist between the TCM-type of male infertility and semen count, survival ratio and serum T, LH, FSH concentration.