- P-ISSN 1010-0695
- E-ISSN 2288-3339
Objectives : This study was to analyze the status of patients with infertility in the department of oriental gynecology in an oriental medical hospital and propose infertility treatment in oriental medicine. Methods : This study was presented with 2,153 cases of infertile women who had visited the department of oriental gynecology in one oriental hospital, Seoul, from 2002 to 2004. Results : The number of total infertile patients have decreased year by year. The age range of patients was getting higher and the age group between 30 and 35 took up about one half of the total patients. The duration of infertility for less than 3 years held about 50-60% of the total patients, and the mean duration of infertility was 39.18±29.57 months(2004). The most common occupation of female were professionals or administrative managers. The secondary infertility was increasing and unexplained infertility increased from 38.2%(in 2002) to 54.4%(in 2004). However the duration of treatment was shorter. It shows that the age range of the patients having oriental-medicine treatment is gradually getting higher and the number of the patients having oriental-medicine treatment and compliance is decreasing. Conclusions : More studies about objectification of oriental medicine need to be preceded any other studies. Then, it is thought to be necessary to rebuild cooperative relationships between oriental & western medicine through systematical researches and political supports and to establish firm foundations of the oriental medicine.