Improvement of Semen Parameters in a Man With Idiopathic Severe Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia Using Date Palm Pollen (Phoenix Dactylifera L.) Based on Iranian Traditional Medicine: A Case Report Publisher



Karimi M¹ ; Asbagh FA² ; Rahimi R³ ; Safavi M⁴ ; Pourmand G⁴ ; Hoseini FS⁵ ; Mirzaei M¹ Show Affiliations
Source: Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Published:2018

Abstract

Introduction: Almost 50% of infertilities are associated with males and among them 30to 50% are idiopathic. Empirical treatments are used in idiopathic male infertility, yet not enough scientific evidence is available for the application of such remedies. date palm pollen (DPP) is one of the drugs suggested for such patients in Iranian traditional medicine (ITM). Case Presentation: This study was performed on a 35-year-old male patient with idiopathic infertility. He previously had severe oligoasthenoteratozoospermia and was under medical supervision at Yas hospital of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences from August 2016 to February 2017, where he was treated with DPP at a dose of 3 g twice daily, for three months. The second semen analysis was carried out after a quarter of the treatment period, followed by re-analyses after one and three months of finalizing the treatment period. The results obtained showed impressive improvement in the quality of semen parameters. Within six months, the initial values of normal morphology (1%), total motility (3%), progressive motility (0.0), and sperm concentration (0.1 million) increased to 20%, 60%, 10%, and 10 million, respectively. Conclusions: The results of this study indicate that the drug may be operative in improving semen parameters in such patients, and more clinical studies are required in this regard. © 2018, Author(s).