Investigation Of The Clinical Effect For The Acupuncture Manipulation Of Setting Fire On A Mountain At ST36 And BL23 For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Caused By Kidney And Spleen Yang Deficiency

Objective:This research is to investigate the clinical effect of the acupuncture manipulation of setting fire on a mountain at ST36 and BL23 for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) by kidney and spleen yang deficiency, which can provide a new treatment thinking for this kind of sub-health that is caused by Psychological factors, social factors, and functional disorders, and which can increase the treatment effect.Methods: Select the outpatients of teaching hospital of chengdu university of TCM, during the time from Feb2010 to Dec 2010. The patients should be in line with the diagnostic criteria of CFS, and the diagnostic criteria of kidney and spleen yang deficiency in TCM. The age of the patients should between 18 and 55 years old. Sixty patients are randomized into setting fire on a mountain at ST36 and BL23 treatment group and common acupuncture control group. The corresponding treatment is lasted for three treatment courses, before the treatment and after each treatment course, evaluate the symptom of patients by quantitative score way.Results:(1) Before treatment baseline information (age, gender, time of onset, disease extent, symptom score, TCM symptoms score) were comparable (P> 0.05). (2) Comparison of efficacy between the two groups:for setting fire on a mountain at ST36 and BL23 treatment group, recovery is three markedly is twenty-one, effective is five, no effect is one the effective rate is 96,67%; For common acupuncture control group, recovery is one markedly is fourteen, effective is ten, no effect is three, the effective rate is 89.28%. The statistical analysis showed differences between the two groups was statistically significant effect of disease (P<0.05). (3) The symptom score of two groups after treatment:the score of FSS in treatment group is lower than in control group, the difference between each group is significant (P<0.05). the score of TCM clinical manifestations in treatment group is lower than in control group, the distinguished difference between each group is significant (P<0.001). (4) 1 month after treatment, follow-up symptom score in two groups:Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) score, treatment group than the control group, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05), TCM syndrome score, treatment group lower than the control group, significant difference was statistically significant (P<0.001).Conclusion:Setting fire on a mountain at.ST36 and BL23 in CFS has distinguished clinical effect for improving fatigue, emotional disorder and TCM symptom, which has a better clinical effect than control group in relieving symptoms and rehabilitating normal mood.