The Clinical Evaluation Of Sanjiao Acupuncture Treating For Fatigue Syndrome Of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Objective:To evaluate the clinical effect of Sanjiao acupuncture treating for fatigue syndrome of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome(CFS)patients by comparing with ordinary acupuncture.Methods:There were 66 patients who were diagnosed as CFS.They were randomly divided into two groups: treatment group and control group.Each group was comprised of 33 patients.The treatment group selected Sanjiao acupuncture needling danzhong(RN17),zhongwan(RN12),qihai(RN6),xuehai(SP10),zusanli(ST36),waiguan(SJ5).The control group selected ordinary acupuncture needling baihui(DU20),yintang(DU29),shenmen(HT7),taixi(KI3),taichong(LR3),sanyinjiao(SP6),zusanli(ST36).Manual acupuncture was used at two groups respectively once daily and for 20 days in total.The Fatigue Scale-14(FS-14)?CFS clinical symptom score and the clinic effects standard of CFS were used to evaluate the clinical efficacy before and after acupuncture treatment between the two groups.All data in this study were analyzed by using SPSS 21.0 software.Results:1.61 patients finished this study in total.There were no statistical differences in baseline data between the two groups(P>0.05),including gender?age?FS-14 score and CFS clinical symptom score.2.the two groups could significantly lower the FS-14 score and CFS clinical symptom score of CFS patients(P<0.01).3.There was significant statistical difference in improving the FS-14 score comparing the treatment group with the control group(P<0.05).Comparing Mental and Physical Fatigue score between the two groups after treatment:the improvement of Mental Fatigue score in the treatment group was better than the control group(P<0.05),but the improvement in Physical Fatigue score between the two groups wasnot significant(P>0.05).4.There was no significant statistical difference in CFS clinical symptom score comparing the two groups after treatment(P>0.05),however,the improvement of CFS clinical symptom score in the treatment group was more significant than the control group(P<0.05).5.In the comparison of individual element rating in CFS clinical symptom score after treatment,there were statistical differences in the two score of fatigue and memory decline(P<0.05),whereas the rest elements had similar ratings(P>0.05).6.Evaluating efficiency by the clinic effects standard of CFS,the curative rate of the treatment group was 64.52%,and effective rate was 90.32%.Relatively,the curative rate of the control group was 36.67%,and the effective rate was 83.33%.There was no statistical difference in effective rate between the two groups(P>0.05).Conclusions:1.Sanjiao acupuncture and ordinary acupuncture both could effectively improve the severity of fatigue syndrome and CFS clinical symptoms of patients with CFS.2.Sanjiao acupuncture was better than ordinary acupuncture in reducing fatigue syndrome and the two score of fatigue and memory decline,but the rest elements had similar ratings.3.There was no significant statistical difference in effective rate between the two groups,but the curative rate of treatment group was better than the control group.