Park Soo-Jung, Bae Young-Chun, Choi Na-Rae, Ryu Seung-Yeob, Kwon Young-Mi, Joo Jong-Cheon
Department of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, Wonkwang University Jeonju Korean Medicine Hospital, Jeonju, Korea.
Department of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, Wonkwang University College of Korean Medicine, Iksan, Korea.
J Pharmacopuncture. 2014 Dec;17(4):55-60. doi: 10.3831/KPI.2014.17.037.
This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and the safety of constitutional herbal tea for treating chronic fatigue with no diagnosed cause, which is called Mibyeong in Korea.
Males and females with ages between 40 and 59 years who had complained of fatigue for 1 month consistently or for 6 months intermittently without a definite cause were recruited. At the same time, a Chalder fatigue scale (CFS) score of 19 was essential for participation in this study. Sixty five subjects completed the entire process, including blood tests and tests with medical devices. Five assessments of health status were accomplished over 8 weeks by using the CFS and the visual analogue scale (VAS). To ensure that the constitutional herbal tea was being safely used, we conducted and analyzed renal function and liver function tests. For the diagnosis of the Sasang constitution, the Sasang Constitutional Analysis Tool (SCAT) was used, and a specialist in Sasang constitutional medicine made the final diagnosis based on the SCAT result. Constitutional herbal tea was served four weeks after the first visit. The subjects took the constitutional herbal tea twice a day for one month.
The results are as follows: The CFS and the VAS scores were significantly improved for the subjects in the constitutional herbal tea. No abnormalities were found on the blood tests to evaluate safety after taking the constitutional herbal tea. The improvements in the CFS and the VAS scores due to the constitutional herbal tea had no significant differences according to the Sasang constitution.
Constitutional herbal tea may be used to reduce fatigue and improve health and has no adverse effect on either the kidney or the liver.
本研究旨在评估体质凉茶治疗不明原因慢性疲劳（在韩国称为“未病”）的疗效和安全性。
招募年龄在40至59岁之间、持续抱怨疲劳1个月或间歇性抱怨疲劳6个月且无明确病因的男性和女性。同时，参与本研究的Chalder疲劳量表（CFS）得分必须为19分。65名受试者完成了包括血液检查和医疗设备检查在内的整个过程。在8周内通过使用CFS和视觉模拟量表（VAS）对健康状况进行了五次评估。为确保体质凉茶的安全使用，我们进行并分析了肾功能和肝功能测试。对于四象体质的诊断，使用了四象体质分析工具（SCAT），四象体质医学专家根据SCAT结果做出最终诊断。在首次就诊四周后提供体质凉茶。受试者每天服用两次体质凉茶，持续一个月。
结果如下：体质凉茶组受试者的CFS和VAS得分显著改善。服用体质凉茶后评估安全性的血液检查未发现异常。体质凉茶导致的CFS和VAS得分改善在四象体质方面无显著差异。
体质凉茶可用于减轻疲劳和改善健康，对肾脏和肝脏均无不良影响。
