A case of chronic fatigue syndrome improved by traditional Korean medicine
The etiology of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is unknown and no conventional medicine therapies are available. This report presents a clinical case of a patient suffering from CFS who was cured by traditional Korean medicine. A 33-year-old female patient had to take time off work because of terribl...
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| description | The etiology of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is unknown and no conventional medicine therapies are available. This report presents a clinical case of a patient suffering from CFS who was cured by traditional Korean medicine. A 33-year-old female patient had to take time off work because of terrible fatigue symptoms that did not respond to conventional treatments. Her disorder was significantly reduced by herbal medicine, acupuncture, and moxibustion. Changes in fatigue severity were evaluated using a visual analog scale (VAS) and a numerical rating scale (NRS). NRS and VAS scores decreased from 70 and 8.1 to 37 and 3.7, respectively, during 3 months. This case reveals the therapeutic potential of traditional Korean medicine for CFS and fatigue-associated disorders. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0e33f2450f924d59805f0303725af0452025-08-20T02:00:39ZengElsevierIntegrative Medicine Research2213-42202013-03-0121323510.1016/j.imr.2013.01.002A case of chronic fatigue syndrome improved by traditional Korean medicineChang-Gue SonThe etiology of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is unknown and no conventional medicine therapies are available. This report presents a clinical case of a patient suffering from CFS who was cured by traditional Korean medicine. A 33-year-old female patient had to take time off work because of terrible fatigue symptoms that did not respond to conventional treatments. Her disorder was significantly reduced by herbal medicine, acupuncture, and moxibustion. Changes in fatigue severity were evaluated using a visual analog scale (VAS) and a numerical rating scale (NRS). NRS and VAS scores decreased from 70 and 8.1 to 37 and 3.7, respectively, during 3 months. This case reveals the therapeutic potential of traditional Korean medicine for CFS and fatigue-associated disorders.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213422013000036chronic fatigue syndromeherbal drugKorean medicinemoxibustion |
| spellingShingle | Chang-Gue Son A case of chronic fatigue syndrome improved by traditional Korean medicine Integrative Medicine Research chronic fatigue syndrome herbal drug Korean medicine moxibustion |
| title | A case of chronic fatigue syndrome improved by traditional Korean medicine |
| title_full | A case of chronic fatigue syndrome improved by traditional Korean medicine |
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| title_full_unstemmed | A case of chronic fatigue syndrome improved by traditional Korean medicine |
| title_short | A case of chronic fatigue syndrome improved by traditional Korean medicine |
| title_sort | case of chronic fatigue syndrome improved by traditional korean medicine |
| topic | chronic fatigue syndrome herbal drug Korean medicine moxibustion |
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