1 Introduction
infertility, ovarian aging, TCM
DIMINISHED OVARIAN RESERVE, COMPLICATIONS
With increasing age, the reproductive capacity of women gradually decreases more likely due to irreversible ovarian aging leading to diminished ovarian reserve (DOR), but With the deepening of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in IVF-ET technology, traditional Chinese medicine has a significant effect in improving oocyte quality, improving endometrial receptivity, increasing clinical pregnancy rate, and reducing complications. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the main causes of infertility in older women are deficiency of kidney qi and deficiency of kidney essence. In view of this symptom, the method of tonifying kidney and supplementing qi can be used to improve infertility in older women. This theory is consistent with relevant western medicine studies. In 2013, the American Association for Assisted Pregnancy counted 467 reproductive clinics (a total of 190773 cycles), and the data showed that the clinical pregnancy failure rate of women would increase greatly at older age, especially after the age of 35 years; The pregnancy failure rate was about 10% in women aged 35 years and could reach 65% by the age of 45 years; The successful pregnancy rate of IVF-ET was close to 50% in women aged 35 years, while it may be less than 10% in women aged 42 years (