The effect of herbal medicines in the treatment of infertility in both infertile men and women

Background: Infertility is one of the most complex issues in medicine and according to the World Health Organization (WHO) statistics, 10 to 15 percent of couples are infertile. Due to the side effects of chemical drugs, in recent decades the use of traditional medicine is seriously considered. Using herbal therapy is important in infertility.Methods: This article was a review article with search on sites such as PubMed, SID, EMBASE, Scopus, Google scholar and Magiran. Articles coordinated with the specified criteria were collected from 2010 to 2017.Result: The study showed that plants extract such as carrot seed, alcoholic extract of fumitory, garlic extract, marjoram, ginger and saffron increases testosterone levels, LH and occasionally FSH and increases sperm count, motility and viability of sperm affects fertility. Parsley leaf, having antioxidant compounds, led to the increase of pituitary-gonadal axis hormones. Hops plant in women caused a significant increase in estrogen and progesterone and increase in the number of mature follicles and in men caused increase testosterone levels and spermatogonia and spermatocytes cells number. Hydro-alcoholic extract of black seed, palm pollen aqueous extract and Salep (C. koch) plant cause increase in sexual hormones level and the number of antral and secondary follicles. Chinese date plant reduces androgen levels in polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and ovarian cysts destroys them.Conclusion: Using herbal medicines with property of fertility enhance in men and women can be used as an alternative to chemical drugs affecting fertility in infertile couples

کلیدواژه ها:

Herbal medicines ، Traditional medicine ، Infertility