Influence of specific acupoints moxibustion of Yizhichan on quality of sleep, ability to reaction of patinets with chronic fatigue syndrome
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4246.2015.12.005
- VernacularTitle:一指禅灸法对慢性疲劳综合征患者睡眠质量及反应能力的影响
- Author:
Shouren CHENG
;
Guangzhao YANG
;
Haiping SUN
;
Tao JING
;
Hejun SHEN
;
Yelan LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Moxibustion;
Fatigue syndrome,Chronic;
Sleep;
Ability to reaction;
Physical constitution theory
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2015;37(12):1072-1077
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the effects of Yizhichan moxibustion on chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) athletes.Methods 143 patients of CFS were blind randomly devided into3 groups, which were moxibustion of Yizhichan (56 cases) group, general moxibustion group (42 cases), and normal group (45 cases).The normal group was treated by passive massage for relaxation, the moxibustion of Yizhichan group was treated by specific acupoints application of moxibustion of Yizhichan in addition to passive massage;and the general moxibustion groupwas treated by general moxibustion in addition to passive massage.All sample were treated once a day for 6 days in a week.3 weeks was a period of treatment, and the total time of treatment was 15 weeks.Results After treatment, the sleep quality (1.73 ± 0.73, 1.54 ± 0.85 vs.0.83 ± 0.52, F=14.130), time for sleep (1.57 ± 0.60, 1.35 ± 0.60 vs.1.03 ± 0.54, F=5.386), sleep time (1.78 ± 0.71, 1.77 ± 0.61 vs.0.67 ± 0.65, F=19.811), daytime dysfunction (0.78 ± 0.83, 1.64 ± 0.83 vs.1.03 ± 0.83, F=4.798) in the control group, moxibustion of Yizhichan group and a general moxibustion group were statistically significant(P＜0.05).The total effective rate of the moxibustion of Yizhichan group was better than the control group and the general moxibustion group (83.8％, 42.2％ vs.63.6％;x2=13.973, P=0.001).Conclusion Specific acupoints moxibustion of Yizhichan is a beneficial exploration of moxibustion methods of traditional Chinese medicine, and can improve CFS athletes level of physical health, attention and sleep quality.
