Comparison of endocrinological effects of the traditional herbal medicines unkei-to and touki-shakuyaku-san in improving luteal phase defects in women of xu zheng, a deficient condition. Study of pulsatile secretion of gonadotropins

Herbals and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 53-61

  Ushiroyama, Takahisa ^a   Hosotani, Toshimitsu ^a   Yamashita, Hidetoshi ^a   Yamashita, Yoshiki ^a   Ueki, Minoru ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocrine system; Luteal defect; Pulsatile secretion; Touki shakuyaku san; Traditional herbal medicine; Unkei to

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; TOUKI SHAKUYAKU SAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNKEI TO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LUTEAL INSUFFICIENCY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVULATION;

EID: 0036553804     PISSN: 16094573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Jones GS. Corpus luteum: composition and function. Fertil Steril 1990;54:21-26
2. McNeely MJ, Soules MR. The diagnosis of luteal phase deficiency: a critical review. Fertil Steril 1988;50:1-15
3. Dawood MY. Corpus luteal insufficiency. Curr Op Obstet Gynecol 1994;6:121-127
4. Taketani Y, Kugu K, Hayashi N. Action of Unkei-to (TJ-106) on cultured rat pituitary cells. In: Recent advances in the pharmacology of Kampo (Japanese herbal) Medicines, Eds. Hosoya E and Yamamura Y, pp. 184-190, Excerpta Medica, Tokyo, 1988
5. Aono T, Miyake A, Tanizawa O. Stimulatory effect of Unkei-to (TJ-106) on release of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone and luteinizing hormone. In: Recent advances in the pharmacology of Kampo (Japanese herbal) Medicines, Eds. Hosoya E and Yamamura Y, pp.191-196, Excerpta Medica, Tokyo, 1988
6. Ushiroyama T, Tsubokura S, Ikeda A. The effect of Unkei-to on pituitary gonadotropin secretion and ovulation in anovulatory cycles of young women. Am J Chin Med 1995;23:223-230
7. Ushiroyama T, Ikeda A, Sakai M, Hosotani T, Suzuki Y, Tsubokura S, Ueki M. Effects of unkei-to, an herbal medicine, on endocrine function and ovulation in women with high basal levels of luteinizing hormone secretion. J Reprod Med 2001;46:451-456
8. Usuki S. Tokishakuyakusan stimulates cyclic adenosine 3′,5′-monophosphate accumulation and progestin production by corpora lutea. Am J Chin Med 1988;16:21-28
9. Usuki S. Effects of herbal components of tokishakuyakusan on progesterone secretion by corpus luteum in vitro. Am J Chin Med 1991;19:57-60
10. Usuki S. The direct luteotropic effects of tokishakuyakusan in rats. Am J Chin Med 1991;19:163-169
11. Usuki S. Effects of tokishakuyakusan on corpus luteum endothelin. Am J Chin Med 1991;19:251-258
12. Usuki S. Effects of tokishakuyakusan and its components on rat corpus luteum function in vitro. Am J Chin Med 1991;16:11-19
13. Cook CL. Luteal phase defect. Clin Obstet Gynecol 1991;34:198-210
14. Santen RD, Bardin CW. Episodic luteinizing hormone secretion in man. J Clin Invest 1973;52:2617-2628
15. Fritz MA. Inadequate luteal function and recurrent abortion: diagnosis and treatment of luteal phase deficiency. Semin Reprod Endocrinol 1988;6:129-144
16. Gibson M. Treatment of human infertility: habitual abortion. The endocrine factor. In: Adashi EY, Rock JA, Rosenwaks Z (eds) Reproductive Endocrinology, Surgery, and Technology. Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, pp2275-2285
17. Murdoch WJ, Dunn TG. Alterations in follicular steroid hormones during the preovulatory period in the ewe. Biol Reprod 1982;27:300-307
18. Murdoch WJ, Van Kirk EA. Luteal dysfunction in ewes induced to ovulate early in the follicular phase. Endocrinol 1998;139:3480-3484
19. Koyama T, Ohara M, Ichimura M, Saito M. Effect of Japanese kampo medicine on hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian function in women with ovarian insufficiency. Am J Chin Med 1988;16:47-55
20. Usuki S. Effects of tokishakuyakusan and its components on progesterone secretion by corpora lutea. Jap J Fert Ster 1987;32:1-4
21. Hagino N and Koyama T. Stimulation of nicotine acetylcholine receptor synthesis in the brain by Toki-shakuyaku-san (TJ-23). In: Recent advances in the pharmacology of Kampo (Japanese herbal) Medicines, Eds. Hosoya E and Yamamura Y, pp.144-149, Excepta Medica, Tokyo, 1988
22. Usuki S. Effects of hachimijiogan, tokishakuyakusan, keishibukuryogan, ninjinto and unkeito on estrogen and progesterone secretion in preovulatory follicles incubated in vitro. Am J Chin Med 1991;19:65-71