Can I get pregnant by drinking mugwort water if I have polycystic ovary syndrome?

Polycystic disease, also known as polycystic syndrome, is a common uterine disease in women. Women with polycystic syndrome are prone to affect normal fertility and ovulation. If the eggs cannot be discharged normally, it will easily affect pregnancy. Mugwort water is a traditional Chinese medicine health therapy. Mugwort water cannot treat polycystic disease, nor will it promote ovulation, and therefore will not cause pregnancy.

Can I get pregnant by drinking mugwort water if I have polycystic ovary syndrome ?

The cause of polycystic ovary is not very clear, but it may be related to dysfunction of the hypothalamic pituitary ovarian axis. Mugwort is used to remove dampness and dredge the meridians. Generally speaking, it may be effective for irregular menstruation, so it should be able to partially relieve the symptoms caused by PCOS, but it is unlikely to be a cure, and it will not make women pregnant.

Polycystic disease pathogenesis

The cause and pathogenesis of polycystic ovary syndrome are not yet fully understood, and there may be three aspects.

(1) Heredity and gene factors: Polycystic ovary syndrome has obvious familial clustering;

(2) Environmental factors: such as geography, nutrition, and lifestyle;

(3) It may be the result of the interaction between genetic genes and the environment.

Mechanism of polycystic infertility

(1) The pituitary gland is more sensitive to GnRH, which leads to excessive secretion of LH, which increases ovarian androgens and promotes follicular atresia. The dominant follicle cannot be formed, and the normal androgen secretion pattern is interrupted. Many small follicles still secrete estrogen. Excessive androgens are converted into estrogen in the periphery. Polycystic ovary syndrome presents with high androgen and high estrogen, with excessive androgen being dominant. (2) Insulin resistance leads to hyperinsulinemia, which stimulates the synthesis and secretion of androgens by theca cells, ovarian stroma, and adrenal cortex. As androgens increase, estrogen conversion increases. Positive feedback causes LH to increase further, while negative feedback reduces FSH secretion. High LH further increases androgens, continuing a vicious cycle of anovulation. Insulin and estrogen promote follicular development, while androgens promote follicular atresia, resulting in follicular development but maturation disorders, no dominant follicle formation, and anovulation.

Clinical manifestations of polycystic ovary syndrome

(1) Menstrual disorders: a small number of women have regular ovulation and normal menstruation, but most women have infrequent menstruation; the second most common type is amenorrhea or functional uterine bleeding;

(2) Infertility is caused by ovulation disorders and menstrual disorders;

(3) Obesity or overweight

(4) Excessive androgen levels can cause masculinization, such as hirsutism and acne, acanthosis nigricans and skin changes, clitoral hypertrophy, and the appearance of a Adam's apple and a thicker voice.