Clinical Study of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Treated by Abdominal Acupuncture Combined with Moxibustion at Shenque (CV8)
GAO Jianyun
Abstract：Objective:To explore the clinical curative effect of abdominal acupuncture combined with moxi-bustion at Shenque(CV8) on treatment of chronic fatigue Ssyndrome. Methods:A total of 80 outpatients in hospitals of Singapore area were randomly divided into abdominal acupuncture combined with moxibustion group of 42 cases and ordinary acupuncture group of 38 cases. Ten sessions were a course of treatment. Af-ter two courses,the curative effects and symptom scores of the two groups were compared. Results:The total effective rate was 92.86% in the abdominal acupuncture combined with moxibustion group and 84.21% in the ordinary acupuncture group,and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The difference of symptom scores before and after treatment was 9.85 ±2.90 in the abdominal acupuncture combined with moxibustion group and 6.46 ±2.27 in the ordinary acupuncture group. The symptoms in the abdominal acupuncture combined with moxibustion group were improved more obviously than those in the ordinary acupuncture group,with significant difference(P<0.01).Conclusion:The clinical curative effect of abdominal acupuncture combined with moxibustion at Shenque(CV8) on treating chronic fatigue syndrome is better than that of the ordinary acupuncture.
Keywords：abdominal acupuncturemoxibustion at Shenque (CV8)chronic fatigue syndromeobservation of curative effect
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-05-22(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 325-327 )