Abstract
The uses of herbal products are not regulated in Nigeria and in many low-income countries and are freely available to everyone. The safety of these herbal medicines is poorly understood. Commonly used herbal remedies can interfere with reproductive health. This is a prospective study that investigated the possible effects of Nigerian herbal remedies on semen quality involving 218 patients who attended the fertility unit of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Southeastern, Nigeria. Questionnaire was administered by an interviewer and a seminal fluid analysis with respect to motility, concentration, and volume were carried using WHO standard. The result showed that 83.97% of the patients with history of herbal intake had abnornal seminal fluid analsis while only 16.03% of subjects with no history of herbal intake had abnormal result.This gives a clue of the possibility of male infertility from Nigerian herbal remedies.The reproductive health damage from consumption of Nigerian herbal remedies should be identified with indepth risk assessment.
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