Scraping on head and face combined with stepping technique of tuina along lower limbs for chronic fatigue syndrome, 2020, He et al

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Objective: To observe the effect of scraping on head and face combined with stepping technique of tuina along lower limbs on fatigue symptom and mental state in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.

Methods: A total of 100 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome were randomized into an observation group (50 cases, 2 cases dropped off) and a control group (50 cases, 2 cases dropped off). In the control group, oryzanol tablets and compound vitamin B tablets were taken orally, both 2 tablets every time, 3 times every day for 30 days. On the basis of the treatment in the control group, scraping on head and face combined with stepping technique of tuina along lower limbs of three yin meridians of foot were applied in the observation group, once every 3 days, 10 times were required. Before and after treatment, the scores of fatigue scale-14 (FS-14) and somatic and psychological health report (SPHERE) were observed, and the clinical therapeutic effect was evaluated in the two groups.

Results: After treatment, the scores of FS-14 and SPHERE were reduced in the two groups (P<0.05), and the changes of those indexes in the observation group were larger than the control group (P<0.05). The total effective rate was 91.7% (44/48) in the observation group, which was superior to 54.2% (26/48) in the control group (P<0.05).

Conclusion: Scraping on head and face combined with stepping technique of tuina along lower limbs can improve fatigue symptom and mental state in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.
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Link to Pubmed link for abstract in English, paper is in Chinese, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33068345/
 
No need for GET or CBT anymore here's: "Scraping on head and face combined with stepping technique of tuina along lower limbs". It might need a catchier name though.

This study can probably be used as an example of how the randomised controlled trial design used in GET/CBT studies is flawed because all sort of weird interventions can be 'demonstrated' to be effective with this methodology, including the Lightning process or scraping on head and face...
 
Caesar said:
I can not believe that I am reading this.
Is this a joke?
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This might help explain.
China’s support of TCM started with former leader Mao Zedong, who reportedly didn’t believe in it but thought it a could reach under-served populations. Current Chinese President Xi Jinping has strongly supported TCM and, in 2016, the powerful state council developed a national strategy that promised universal access to the practices by 2020 and a booming industry by 2030. That strategy includes supporting TCM tourism, which steers large numbers of people to clinics in China. Every year, tens of thousands of mostly Russian tourists flock to Hainan off the southern coast seeking relief through TCM. The government has plans to build 15 TCM ‘model zones’ similar to the one in Hainan by 2020.
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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06782-7
 
Okay, this is it.

We need to face reality and accept that the best we can hope for is for a relatively harmless form of quackery to be inflicted on us. I say that we commit to this one and try to get NICE to approve it for roll out across the UK.

At this point, does anyone have a better plan?
 
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Esther12 said:
Okay, this is it.

We need to face reality and accept that the best we can hope for is for a relatively harmless form of quackery to be inflicted on us. I say that we commit to this one and try to get NICE to approve it for role out across the UK.

At this point, does anyone have a better plan?
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I'd prefer a study on the health benefits of eating dark chocolate, to be honest :) I'm sure they would be happy to confirm that it makes people feel better.
 
mango said:
I'd prefer a study on the health benefits of eating dark chocolate, to be honest :) I'm sure they would be happy to confirm that it makes people feel better.
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But that would too obviously make our lives better, thus incentivising us to maintain the sick role for all the lovely secondary benefits. To be accepted by British medicine it needs to be something that is at least mildly unpleasant, like being scraped.
 
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I haven't read the study, but here's a description of "Stepping in Chinese Tuina" from a website on traditional Chinese medicine.

The patient is in the prone position with a few pillows under his chest and pelvis to make his spine overextended and his abdomen suspended. Holding a handrail which is fixed on the wall to support his weight, the practitioner steps gently on the patient’s lumbar with his toes. Then the patient is asked to take a deep breath. When the patient’s muscle is relaxed, the practitioner springs up and drops down according to the respiratory cycles rhythmically, i. e, 1eaping up gently in the inhaling period and falling down in the exhaling period

http://www.tcmwindow.com/tuina/counter/Stepping-in-Chinese-Tuina.shtml
 
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