Effect of Lixujieyu recipe in combination with Five Elements music therapy on chronic fatigue syndrome

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• 作者：Zhang Zhenxian ; ^{zhenxianzhang@hotmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Cai Zhixing ; Yu Yonghui ; Wu Lili ; Zhang Ye
• 关键词：Chronic fatigue syndrome ; Treatment outcome ; Lixujieyu recipe ; Five elements music therapy
• 刊名：Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：35
• 期：6
• 页码：637-641
• 全文大小：392 K

文摘

To observe the clinical effects of the Lixujieyu recipe combined with Five Elements music therapy on chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) identified as the symptom patterns of liver stagnation and spleen deficiency in terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Methods

Patients with CFS were randomly divided into treatment group 1 (Lixujieyu recipe combined with Gong-Tune, n = 15); treatment group 2 (Lixujieyu recipe combined with Jiao-Tune, n = 15); treatment group 3 (Lixujieyu recipe combined with Yu-Tune, n = 15); treatment group 4 (Lixujieyu recipe combined with Shang-Tune, n = 15); treatment group 5 (Lixujieyu recipe combined with Zhi-Tune, n = 15); and the control group (Lixujieyu recipe alone, n = 15). Chinese medicine was given twice daily, and music was listened to for 45 minutes daily, 5 days a week. All patients were treated for 4 weeks. Patients were assessed via the Fatigue Scale, the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, and the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale before and after treatment.

Results

Treatment groups 1 and 2 had better effects on relieving the symptoms of physical fatigue related to anxiety and depression than the control group (P < 0.05).

Conclusion

Lixujieyu recipe combined with Gong-Tune or Jiao-Tune significantly relieved the symptoms of CFS.