慢性疲劳综合征的中医理论研究

Research on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome from Chinese Medical Theory

慢性疲劳综合征(CFS)是现代医学新近认识的一种疾病,它的诊断的必要症状是:原因不明的持续或反复发作的严重的疲劳,并且持续至少6个月,充分的休息后疲劳不能缓解,活动水平较健康时下降50％以上。目前该病的发病在世界许多国家呈上升趋势,日益影响了人类的健康生活和正常工作。然而中医以往缺乏对CFS的具体论述,因此本文结合CFS的临床特点与诊断标准,重点探讨了CFS的有关中医理论认识,提出肝气虚是CFS的病机关键;补益肝气,调畅肝气是CFS的治疗重点。

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a recently identified idiopathic disorder. A persistently or recurrently sever sense of fatigue for unknown reason is amajor symptom. Such fatigue will result in a reduction in daily activity greatly than 50% for at least 6 months and can not be relaxed after fully resting. Because of the raising incidence rate, CFS is attracting more and more attention of researchers. In TCM, however, it is hard to find its counterpart about this illness. Therefore, according to its clinic manifestation and criterion of diagnosis, we build up a TCM theory about CFS. It states that deficiency of liver-qi is the key pathogenesis for CFS, and the treatment must be aimed at reinforcing liver-qi and normalizing the flow of liver-qi.