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| Clinical efficacy of fire dragon moxibustion combined with massage for chronic fatigue syndrome with spleen-kidney yang deficiency |
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| DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1672-1519.2026.08.04 |
| Key Words
chronic fatigue syndrome;moxibustion;massage;inflammatory factor;clinical efficacy |
| Author Name | Affiliation | E-mail | | YUAN Qiang | Department of Tuina, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610072, China | | | CHEN Xiong | Department of Tuina, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610072, China | | | LU Qunwen | Department of Tuina, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610072, China | | | LUO Caigui | Department of Tuina, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610072, China | | | LUO Jian | Department of Tuina, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610072, China | lj6176@126.com |
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| Objective To observe the clinical effect of fire dragon moxibustion combined with massage on chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Methods A total of 153 patients diagnosed with yang deficiency-type CFS who were treated in the Tuina Department of Sichuan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from January 2022 to July 2024 were enrolled. Using a random number method, participants were allocated in a 1∶1∶1 ratio into an observation group, control group 1, and control group 2, with 51 cases in each group. The observation group received combined fire dragon moxibustion and massage therapy, control group 1 received fire dragon moxibustion alone, and control group 2 received massage alone. All interventions were administered for 6 weeks, followed by a 12-week follow-up period. Changes in Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), Somatic and Psychological Health Report (SPHERE), and Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36) scores were compared among the three groups before treatment, after treatment, and during follow-up. Serum inflammatory cytokine levels and overall clinical efficacy were also assessed. Results After treatment and during follow-up, scores on the FSS, SPHERE, and SF-36 showed improvement in all three groups compared with baseline (P < 0.05). The observation group demonstrated greater improvement in FSS and SPHERE scores than the control groups, whereas no marked differences were observed among the three groups with respect to quality-of-life scores (P < 0.05). Following treatment, patients in control group 2 exhibited more pronounced reductions in FSS and SPHERE scores than those in control group 1 (P < 0.05). Regarding inflammatory markers, greater decreases were observed in the observation group after treatment (P < 0.05), while no obvious differences were noted between the two control groups. In terms of overall clinical efficacy, the total effective rate was higher in the observation group than in the control groups (P < 0.05), with no clear difference between the two control groups. Conclusion Fire dragon moxibustion combined with massage can effectively improve the fatigue degree, physical symptoms, and psychological state of patients with yang deficiency of spleen and kidney syndrome of CFS, and its curative effect is better than fire-dragon moxibustion or massage alone. |
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