The Clinical Observation Of Combined Abdominal Acupuncture And Auricular Acupuncture In The Treatment Of Qi Deficiency Of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

ObjectiveThis study adopts prospective randomized controlled trials, the abdominal acupuncture combined with the auricular acupuncture as the treating group, and the auricular acupuncture as the control group. We observed the patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome which are Qi deficiency, evaluated the symptom scores according to the Fatigue Scale (FS)-14 and the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF)before and after treatment. We discuss the clinical efficacy of abdominal acupuncture combined with auricular acupuncture in the treatment of Qi Deficiency of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome to seek an effective way to treat the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and to provide the theoretical and clinical basis.MethodsWe recruited 60 Patients of the Preventive Treatment of Disease Dept. of Foshan Hospital of TCM from 2015.05 to 2016.03. According to the diagnostic criteria, inclusion criteria and the exclusion criteria, the patients were randomly divided into the treatment group (abdominal acupuncture combined with auricular acupuncture) and the control group (auricular acupuncture),30 cases in each. We used the acupoints:Zhongwan(RN12), Xiawan(RN10), Qihai (RN6),GuanYuan(RN4), Huaroumen(ST24), Wailing(ST26).The skin was sterilized in accordance with the conventional method, then the doctor insert the needle into the skin slowly into corresponding depth (The acupoints, Zhongwan(RN12), Xiawan(RN10), Qihai(RN6), GuanYuan(RN4) were inserted deeply to the Di part. The acupoints, Huaroumen(ST24), Wailing(ST26) were inserted medium stab to the Ren part.) Adjusted the depth according to the size of the patient. Tried to avoid the pores, blood vessels when the needle got into the abdomen. We do not require the patients have the feeling like acid, hemp, sense of expansion generally. Keep the needles for 30 minutes.The auricular acupoints are Heart, Lung, Liver, Spleen, Kidney, Sympathesis, Subcortes, Endocrine, Ear Shenmen. The seed of cowherb was posted on the 0.6cm* 0.6cm size of central medical tape before treatment. We sterilized the skin in accordance with the conventional method, and put the medical tape with the seed of cowherb on the patients’ear. Each acupoint was pressed until the patient feel acid, numb, swelling or redness and hot would be better. The patients need to press the acupoints 3-5times,30-60s daily by themselves. The treatment group was treated with abdominal acupuncture combined with auricular acupuncture while the control group was treated with auricular acupuncture once a week. Every four weeks as a course of treatment, 2 courses in total. The patients need to sign the informed consent before treatment. And they also need to fill in the symptom scores form, the Fatigue Scale (FS)-14 and the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) before and after treatment respectively.ResultsWe compared the gender, age, educational level, occupation, marital status of the two groups. The comparison between groups was not statistically significant (p>0.05.). Before treatment, we compared the two groups of symptom score, fatigue scale-14 points, the World Health Organization Quality of life measurement table (WHOQOL-BREF) points. The comparison between groups were not statistically significant (P>0.05).Both groups can be compared. After the two courses of treatment, in terms of the overall efficacy, the abdominal acupuncture combined with auricular acupuncture group’s total effective rate was 93.33%. The total effective rate of the simple auricular acupuncture group was 80%. We compared the two groups of symptom scores, fatigue scale-14 points, the World Health Organization Quality of life measurement table (WHOQOL-BREF) points after treatment. There was statistically significant difference (KO.05). Before and after treatment, we compared the two groups of symptom scores, fatigue scale-14 points, the World Health Organization Quality of life measurement table (WHOQOL-BREF) points. The difference between the compared intra-groups has statistical significance (K0.05).Cone I us i on1.The group combined the abdominal acupuncture with the auricular acupuncture and the group simply treated by the auricular acupuncture to treat the Qi deficiency of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are both effective.2. In terms of the overall curative effect, being treated by both the abdominal acupuncture and the auricular acupuncture is better than the auricular acupuncture.3. As far as releasing the clinical symptoms of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, reducing fatigue, improving the quality of life, the curative effect of combining the abdominal acupuncture with the auricular acupuncture is superior to being treated by the auricular group only.4. Abdominal acupuncture combined with auricular plaster therapy is a treatment of CFS treatment of disease intervention conditioning method.