Endometriosis (EM),a refractory,highly recurrent and life-threatening chronic disease,requires long-term management and long-term drug treatment.Our previous studies showed that Chinese medicine (CM) can inhibit the postoperative recurrence of EM,improve quality of life,shorten the time to conception and increase pregnancy rates.CM produces few adverse reactions with high safety.These characteristics might be associated with the mechanism of CM\'s inhibition of recurrence.Therefore,we believe that CM may represent a good choice for long-term drug treatment and is worthy of clinical application.