NCT02964533

Thunder-Fire Moxibustion Therapy for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome on Shenque Acupoint: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a group of syndrome and is prevalent in adult. Thunder-fire moxibustion is a commentary therapy belonged to acupuncture therapy. To evaluate the effect and safety of thunder-fire moxibustion therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome, we apply a randomized controlled trial by recruiting chronic fatigue syndrome patient as subject, applying thunder-fire moxibustion on shenque acupoint contrasted to common moxa-stick moxibustion, taking fatigue rating scale score, the content of CD3+、CD4+、CD8+、CD4+/CD8+ as evaluation indexes. The treatment time is 20-30 minutes per session, 3-4 times a week, there are totally 15 sessions.

Conditions

• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	thunder-fire moxibustion therapy	burn moxa stick and heat shenque acupoint
OTHER	common moxa-stick moxibustion	burn moxa stick and heat shenque acupoint

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-11-01
• Primary completion: 2017-02-01
• First posted: 2016-11-16
• Last updated: 2016-11-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China