Association Rule Mining in Korean Herbal Prescriptions of the Early 20th Century

Purpose: Infertility has become a significant issue in socioeconomic aswell as health policy. Increasing infertile female is caused due to aging of childbearing population. The purpose of the study was to report the effect of Korean Medicine on elderly infertile female (aged>35years). Methods: We reviewed the medical records of 225 infertile females (aged>35years). They were treated with acupuncture, moxibustion and steam bath and prescription of Korean Medicine based on individual’s conditions and pathology of the disease. Results: After the Korean medical treatment, the clinical pregnancy rate and the live birth rate were 35% and 29% in aged 3539 years and 19% and 18% in aged 40-44 years. Most of them (90%) were spontaneously conceived pregnancy. Conclusion: This observation suggests that Korean medicine, especially herbal medicine and acupuncture is effective on spontaneous pregnancy in elderly infertile female (aged>35years). Further clinical studies are needed to investigating the effects of Korean medical treatment. Contact: Ji-myung Kwon, coolnsweet27@hanmail.net