"The overall secretion of female hormone and egg production of rats with Yu's therapy was better than those with hormone treatment," said Chen Yanling, a researcher in the laboratory.

"The experiment provides evidence that TCM therapy for clinical practice would be effective."

According to Yu, poor women's fertility was mostly caused by poor ovary function and other ovary and womb diseases.

"About 30 percent of female infertility is because of poor ovary function and the incidence is growing," she said.

Yu has promoted her therapy as a combination of TCM and Western medicine.

Shanghai Daily November 30, 2007)

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