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- Recent research in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: an evidence map.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Chinese Herbal Medicine in Postoperative Fatigue Syndrome Following Total Joint Arthroplasty or Hip Fracture Surgery: Evidence from Randomized Controlled Trials.Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening · 2024Pooled it
- Ginseng and Ginseng Herbal Formulas for Symptomatic Management of Fatigue: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Is there a role for traditional and complementary medicines in managing chronic fatigue? a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Pooled it
- Chinese herbal medicine for the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Pooled it
- Traditional Herbal Medicine, Sipjeondaebo-Tang, for Cancer-Related Fatigue: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Preliminary Study.Integrative cancer therapiesTrial
- QI-pathological constitution is associated with mental fatigue in class among university students: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- A Systematic Review of In Vivo Studies of the Efficacy of Herbal Medicines for Anti-Aging in the Last Five Years.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Ginsenoside Rg1 can reverse fatigue behavior in CFS rats by regulating EGFR and affecting Taurine and Mannose 6-phosphate metabolism.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
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Abstract
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methodsNinety-six eligible participants were randomly allocated to either the SJDBT or placebo groups in a 1:1 ratio. Nine grams of SJDBT or placebo granules were administered to the patients for 8 weeks. The primary outcome was the response rate, defined as the proportion of participants with a score of 76 or higher in the Checklist Individual Strength assessment. Other measurements for fatigue severity, quality of life, and qi/blood/yin/yang deficiency were included. Safety was assessed throughout the trial.
resultsAt week 8, the response rate did not significantly differ between the groups (SJDBT: 35.4%; placebo: 54.2%;
conclusionThis trial failed to show a significant improvement in fatigue severity, as assessed by the CIS-deprived response rate. It merely showed that SJDBT could alleviate the severity of fatigue and qi deficiency in patients with CFS. However, the further study is needed to confirm the details.
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