1 Center of Traditional medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
2 Institute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
3 School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan
【Summary】
Approximately one-third of patients treated for cancer will suffer Cancer-related Fatigue
(CRF) within several years after treatment. This article summarizes the assessment tools for CRF, with the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI) being recommended. CRF, with a score of over 4 on the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI), warrants intervention for symptom management. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the pathogenesis of CRF mainly involves deficiency of both Qi and Blood. Various schools of thought in TCM propose different treatment methods, mostly emphasizing Qi supplementation. Validated empirical medications include Ginseng, Astragalus, Polygonatum and Bu-Zhong-Yi-Qi-Tang. Several clinical trials have been conducted,among which Astragalus injection has shown excellent efficacy in Taiwan through three-phaseclinical trials.
105.6 癌因性疲惫中医治疗文献综论
