[Effect of bird-induced anus-lifting surgery combined with oral Relinqing Granules on LUTS/CP with damp heat syndrome: Evaluation by infrared thermal imaging].

Objective: To observe the clinical effect of bird-induced anus-lifting surgery (BIAL) combined with oral Relinqing Granules (RG) in the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms / chronic prostatitis (LUTS/CP) with damp-heat syndrome using infrared thermal imaging (ITI).

Methods: This study included 165 cases of LUTS/CP with damp-heat syndrome treated in the Departments of Andrology and Urology of our hospital, which were divided into three groups of an equal number and treated by medication of oral tamsulosin hydrochloride at 0.2 mg, qd plus levofloxacin at 0.

[Yishen Tongluo Prescription for repairing benzo(a)pyrene-induced sperm DNA damage in male rats: Effect and mechanism].

Objective: To investigate the repairing effect of Yishen Tongluo Prescription (YTP) on sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) in male rats exposed to benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) and its possible mechanism.

Methods: Thirty Wistar male rats were equally randomized into a blank control, a BaP-exposure and a YTP intervention group, those in the latter two groups exposed to BaP at 20 mg/kg/d for 60 consecutive days, and those in the YTP intervention group treated intragastrically with YTP from the 31st day of BaP exposure for a total of 30 days. After the last administration, the sperm DFI of the rats was detected by sperm chromatin structure analysis, the levels of FSH, LH and T in the serum and superoxide dismutase (SOD), malondialdehyde (MDA), nitric oxide (NO) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in the testis were measured by ELISA.

[Huayu Jiedu Shengjing Decoction improves semen quality and reduces TCM syndrome scores in patients with varicocele-induced asthenospermic infertility].

Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of "Huayu Jiedu Shengjing Decoction" (HJSD) in the treatment of varicocele (VC)-induced asthenospermic infertility and its action mechanism.

Methods: Using computer-generated random numbers, we equally divided 88 patients meeting the study criteria into an experimental and a control group, the former treated orally with HJSD plus or minus, while the latter with Maizhiling Tablets and levocarnitine, both for a course of 12 weeks. After medication, we obtained TCM syndrome scores, sperm motility, sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI), the seminal cord venous ultrasonographic index, and levels of nitric oxide (NO), reactive oxygen species (ROS) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in the seminal plasma from the patients, compared the therapeutic effects between the two groups, and analyzed the correlation among the obtained parameters.

[Luobufukebiri Pills improve semen quality and seminal plasma-related biochemical indexes in patients with asthenospermia].

Objective: To investigate the clinical effect of Luobufukebiri Pills (LP) on asthenospermia and its action mechanism.

Methods: A total of 206 patients with asthenospermia in Henan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from March 2018 to December 2018 were randomly assigned to receive oral LP (the experimental group, n = 103) bid 10 pills each time or vitamin E soft capsules (the control group, n = 103) bid 100 mg each time for a course of 12 weeks. We compared the semen volume, sperm concentration, sperm motility, levels of α-glucosidase (α-Glu), fructose (Fru), malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) in the seminal plasma, and the number of pregnancies between the two groups of patients before and after treatment.