title: The therapeutic effects of electrical acupuncture and auricular-plaster in 32 cases of chronic fatigue syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the therapeutic effects of electrical acupuncture and auricular-plaster therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).
  
  
  METHODS
  64 CFS patients were randomly divided into two groups. 32 cases in the treatment group were treated by the electrical acupuncture and auricular-plaster therapy, and 32 cases in the control group with oral hydrocortisone.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effective rates were respectively 93.75% in the treatment group and 75.00% in the control group, with a statistically significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Electrical acupuncture and auricular-plaster therapy may show a better anti-fatigue effect than that of routine Western drugs.
authors.affiliation: First Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510405, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yuemei
authors.forename: Liu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hongping
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shulan
authors.forename: Gong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dongfang
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D020831:Acupuncture, Ear; D000328:Adult; D015671:Electroacupuncture; D015673:Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult