High-tech Acupuncture for Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

High-tech Acupuncture for Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - A Sino-Austrian Cooperation Randomized Controlled Trial(RCT) on Heart Rate Variability

1. To study the relationship between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and heart rate (HR) and its variability (HRV).
2. To compare the curative effects and the HR/HRV indices between applicationa of different acupoints as well as different treatments (acupuncture and moxibustion).

Inclusion Criteria:

1. The patients meeting criteria of CFS;
2. Aged from 18-65;
3. With no skin lesions for the acupuncture area;
4. Sign on the Informed Consent Form;

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who can't accept and are afraid of acupuncture in the acupuncture group.
2. Patients suffering from heart and cerebrovascular diseases, serious lung disease, diabetes, neurological diseases, or severe primary diseases such as those of liver, kidney and the hematopoietic system.
3. Persons suffering from a mental disease, Alzheimer's disease or cancer.
4. Persons who have taken qi-reinforcing Chinese herbal medicine in the week preceding the investigation.
5. Pregnant women and nursing mothers.
6. Persons suffering from thrombocytopenia and abnormalities of blood coagulation function.
7. Persons with alcohol and drug abuse history.