title: The thoughts and methods for clinical research on acupuncture treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome.
abstract: The general situation of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and the criteria for its diagnosis are discussed, and it is put forward that making qi and blood of the zang-fu organs balanced is the key to acupuncture treatment of the disease. Such aspects as case selection, point selection and therapeutic assessment are also discussed in the present paper.
authors.affiliation: College of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Hong Kong University, China.
authors.forename: Renmin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D015673:Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult