The Effect of Medicinal Herbals on Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome

PCOS is one of the most common endocrine disorders and causes menstrual disorders, hirsutism, obesity and in some cases infertility and abortion. PCOS has been accompanied by different clinical consequences such as: reproduction, metabolic andpsychological complications and some type of cancers. The cause of this syndrome is unknown. Prevalence of PCOS has been reported 4 to 25 %, depending on the definition provided. This study has been conducted to determine the type of medicinal herbals and their effects on primary PCOS.Method: the current study is a review article.Findings: the impact of medicinal herbals on weight loss, detrimental effects of diabetes, detrimental effects of hyper androgenism, LH reduction, estradiol reduction, glyceride reduction, LDL reduction, FSH increase, progesterone increase, reduction of cystic follicles, increase in ovarian follicles, increase of in Vitro maturation of oocytes, the onset of the ovulation process, development of regular menstruation, treatment for oligomenorrhea, decrease in endometrial thickness of the uterus, increase in thickness of the granulosa layer, decrease in thickness of the ovary tonic albogina, decrease in thickness of theca layer, decrease in thickness of endometrium, TNFa inhibitory effect(necrotic tumor factor) which is effective in regulation of ovarian, expression of anti-mullerian hormone factor, protective effect on letrozole and increase in pregnancy rate has been proved. Among these herbals ginseng, jujube, bee venom, heracleum presicum extract, aloe vera hydroalcoholic extract, marrubium vulgare alcoholic extract, blackberry extract, lvandulifolia stachys extract, green tea extract, ziziphora extract, liquorice hydroalcoholic extract, chaste tree and fennel can be named.Conclusion: common treatment of PCOS in modern medicine would be the use of Metformin, OCP and in consistent cases is surgery while maintaining the ovarian tissue. Considering the side effects of chemical drugs used to treat this disorder, the use of medicinal herbals is recommended. It is suggested that more research be done in order to examine the effect of these medicinal herbals on PCOS symptoms and also to compare the effectiveness of these herbals.

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medicinal herbals ، Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome