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KMID : 0363620120330040081
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medicine
2012 Volume.33 No. 4 p.81 ~ p.85
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Case Report of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Treated with Salt-Indirect Moxibustion
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Son Chang-Gue
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Abstract
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Objectives: To describe a clinical case of a patient with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) who was cured using indirect moxibustion.
Methods: A male patient with severe CFS was treated with mainly indirect moxibustion (KI1, CV4 and CV8). The clinical outcome was observed by self-reporting, both visual analogue scale (VAS) and numerical rating scale (NRS).
Results: The patient's symptoms matched the criteria for CFS diagnosis. His symptom differentiation was the "Yang deficiency of spleen and kidney". The fatigue feeling and related-symptoms were radically reduced by 14-day treatment. The VAS and NRS score changed from 8.5 and 70 to 3.5 and 35, respectively.
Conclusions: This case report provides information on the potential of moxibustion therapy and its application for CFS and fatigue-associated disorders.
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KEYWORD
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Moxibustion , chronic fatigue syndrome , Korean medicine
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