Male climacteric syndrome treated with traditional Chinese medicine:a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Objective:To evaluate the effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine therapies for male climacteric syndrome.Methods:We searched literature database basis on Cochrance network system evalution method,all searches were updated on April in 2012.The methodological quality of the included trials was assessed and Mem analysis was performed with Revman 4.2.7 software.Results:Meta analysis indicated that there were no significant differences in total efficiency rate and obvious efficiency rate between TCMT and TST in the 6 literature.But TCMT was more effective than TST in improving sexual function symptom score,serum total testosterone level and TCM symptomatic score about erection obstruction,hot flash night sweat(P0.01).Conclusion:The effective rate about the TCMT treating male climacteric syndrome is equivalent to TST. However,existence of high quailty research datas and sample size limited problems maybe directly affect the authenticity of the findings.