A Study of Acupuncture as Therapy for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
10.3777/jjsam.44.238
- VernacularTitle:慢性疲労症候群に対するはり治療の検討
- Author:
Tatsuyo ISHIGAMI
;
Yasuzo KURONO
;
Akira KINUTA
;
Yasunobu TOMITA
;
Naoomi HAYASHI
;
Nakazo WATARI
;
Yoshifuji MATSUMOTO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
chronic fatigue syndrome;
acupuncture;
fatigue;
immunological parameters
- From:Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
1994;44(3):238-243
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
At the Ambulatory Clinic for Collagen Disease and Rheumatism, the Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University Hospital, acupuncture was performed on 8 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome who satisfied all of the following requirements: (1) cases which satisfied the diagnostic criteria established by the Center for Disease Control (CDC), USA and the Ministry of Health and Welfare Study Group, Japan; (2) cases which could be followed for long periods, (3) patients who gave informed consent to acupuncture, and (4) cases which were resistant to conventional drug therapies. Severe fatigue, which is the major symptom of this syndrome, was reduced markedly by acupuncture. Accompanying physical symptoms were also reduced in some cases. Immunologically, the percentages of gamma- and delta-T cells in peripheral blood, which had been lower than normal before treatment, improved significantly after acupuncture.
These results suggest that acupuncture provides a useful means of treating chronic fatigue syndrome which has conventionally been treated using drugs alone.
