Does Moxibustion Help Fatigue?

The efficacy and safety of moxibustion for chronic fatigue syndrome

Moxibustion is a form of traditional Chinese medicine that has been used to treat a variety of conditions for centuries. Recently, moxibustion has been suggested as a treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). While there is some anecdotal evidence that moxibustion may be helpful for CFS, there have been no systematic reviews or meta-analyses of the efficacy and safety of this treatment.

The purpose of this protocol is to assess the efficacy and safety of moxibustion for the treatment of CFS. A comprehensive search of electronic databases will be conducted to identify all relevant studies. The quality of each study will be assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias tool. Data will be extracted from included studies and analyzed using standard methods.

Background: The pathogenesis of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is not clear. The main purpose of treatment is to improve autoimmune function and relieve fatigue symptoms. Moxibustion is often used to treat diseases caused by low autoimmunity, especially in relieving fatigue symptoms. It is a superior therapy for CFS in traditional Chinese medicine. At present, there is a lack of the high level clinical evidence to support the moxibustion in the treatment of CFS, so this study will systematically review and analyze the currently available randomized controlled trials to evaluate the efficacy and safety of moxibustion in the treatment of CFS.

Methods: We will systematically search PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane library, Sinomed, CNKI, VIP, and Wanfang Database, ClinicalTrials.gov and Chinese Clinical Trial Registry will also be searched. The time range for the search will be from database activation to March 31, 2021. The randomized controlled trials (RCTs) associated with moxibustion for CFS will be included, regardless of language.We will use the standard proposed in Cochrane Handbook 5.1.0 to assess the bias risk of a single RCT. The main outcome index of the study is Fatigue Assessment Instrument (FAI), secondary outcome indexes will include Fatigue Scale -14 (FS-14), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), natural killer (NK) cells, interleukin- 2 (IL-2), T lymphocyte subsets (CD4+, CD8+), cure rate, total efficiency and adverse reactions. The random effect model meta was used to analyze the effect data of a single RCT. Heterogeneity will be measured by Cochran Q test and I-squared statistics. We will use 2 subgroup analyses to explore the source of heterogeneity. RCTs with high bias risk was excluded and adjustment effect model was used for sensitivity analysis to test the robustness of the meta-analysis results. The publication bias included in RCTs will be assessed by funnel plot and Egger test.

Results: This study will objectively and comprehensively evaluate the efficacy and safety of randomized controlled trials of moxibustion in the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome, and the results will be submitted to peer-reviewed journals for publication.

Conclusion: This systematic review will provide clinicians with the latest high-quality evidence for the use of moxibustion in the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome.
Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33950958/

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Moxibustion is a form of traditional Chinese medicine that has been used for centuries to help treat a variety of ailments. Moxibustion involves the burning of mugwort, a type of herb, on or near the skin.

There is growing evidence that moxibustion may be an effective treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). A recent study found that moxibustion improved symptoms in nearly half of people with CFS.

Moxibustion is thought to work by stimulating the body’s meridian points. Meridian points are areas where energy flows through the body. Stimulating these points with moxibustion is thought to improve energy flow and help the body heal itself.

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