Clinical study on tuina and moxibustion for chronic fatigue syndrome

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Clinical study on tuina and moxibustion for chronic fatigue syndrome

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J Acupunct Tuina Sci (2012), Rui, Zeng

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Objective: To observe the effect of tuina plus moxibustion in treating chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Methods: Sixty patients diagnosed with CFS were randomized into two groups, 30 cases in the treatment group were given tuina and thunder-fire moxibustion, and 30 in the control group were given ordinary acupuncture treatment. The clinical effects were compared after 4-week treatment. Results: The recovery rate and total effective rate were 36.7% and 93.3% respectively in the treatment group, versus 16.7% and 76.7% in the control group, and the differences between the two groups in recovery rate and total effective rate were statistically significant (P<0.01). Conclusion: of the treatment of tuina and thunder-fire moxibustion has better therapeutic effect than the ordinary acupuncture in treating CFS.

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J Acupunct Tuina Sci

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English

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1672-3597

issue

5

page end

299

page start

296

volume

10

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