Objective
kidney-qi, infertility
Edited by: Dragos Cretoiu, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, RomaniaReviewed by: Chuanlong Zhang, Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, China; Xiaowei Nie, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, ChinaThis article was submitted to Reproduction, a section of the journal Frontiers in EndocrinologyTo study the effect of Guilu Erxian ointment on the outcome of IVF-ET in older patients with poor ovarian response infertility of kidney-qi deficiency type, and to verify and analyze the mechanism of action of traditional Chinese medicine on improving older patients with poor ovarian response infertility of kidney-qi deficiency type from the perspective of metabolomics using targeted metabolomics technology, identify the related metabolic pathways, and provide metabolic biomarker basis and clinical treatment ideas for improving older patients with poor ovarian response infertility.