Interdisciplinary approach for the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome-Chinese herbal medicine combined with cognitive behavioral therapy

在日本，医生不仅可以使用对症疗法，还可以使用传统的治疗方式：例如，中草药(CHM)。我们探讨了中医结合认知行为疗法(CBT)治疗慢性疲劳综合征的疗效。对中医的应答率约为75%。关于CBT，尽管样本数有限，但个体化CBT对CHM无效的患者显示出额外的疗效。

In Japan physicians are able to use not only the allopathic but also traditional treatment modalities : e. g. Chinese herbal medicine(CHM). We searched the effectiveness of interdisciplinary approach for the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome-CHM combined with cognitive behavioral therapy(CBT). Response rate to the CHM was around 75%. With regard to the CBT, although the sample number was limited, ndividualized CBT showed additional effectiveness to the patients who did not respond to CHM.