136
Participants
Start Date
March 14, 2018
Primary Completion Date
April 18, 2021
Study Completion Date
April 18, 2021
Chinese herb & acupuncture
Participants will take Chinese herbal formula, Yiqi Suoquan granule, which is composed of Radix Astragali 30 g, Radix Codonopsis pilosula 10g, Radix Angelica sinensis 10g, Radix Atractylodis Macrocephalae 10g, Fructus Alpiniae Oxyphyllae 10g, Radix Lindera aggregata 6g, Rhizoma Dioscoreae 10g, pericarpium citri reticulatae 10g, Rhizoma Cimicifuga 10g, Radix Bupleuri 10g, Fructus Rubi 15g, and Semen raphani 10g and prepared by the Department of Pharmacy, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. Besides, Participants will receive acupuncture, three times a week. The selected acupoints include bilateral BL33, BL35, SP6, and ST36.
Chinese herb & sham acupuncture
Participants will take Chinese herbal formula, Yiqi Suoquan granule, which is composed of Radix Astragali 30 g, Radix Codonopsis pilosula 10g, Radix Angelica sinensis 10g, Radix Atractylodis Macrocephalae 10g, Fructus Alpiniae Oxyphyllae 10g, Radix Lindera aggregata 6g, Rhizoma Dioscoreae 10g, pericarpium citri reticulatae 10g, Rhizoma Cimicifuga 10g, Radix Bupleuri 10g, Fructus Rubi 15g, and Semen raphani 10g and prepared by the Department of Pharmacy, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. Besides, Participants will receive sham acupuncture, three times a week. The sham BL33, BL35, SP6, and ST36, which are 25 mm outward to BL33, BL35, SP6, and ST36, will be inserted with a depth of 2 to 3 mm.
Placebo & acupuncture
Participants will take Chinese herbal placebo which is prepared by the Department of Pharmacy, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. Besides, Participants will receive acupuncture, three times a week. The selected acupoints include bilateral BL33, BL35, SP6, and ST36.
Placebo & sham acupuncture
Participants will take Chinese herbal placebo which is prepared by the Department of Pharmacy, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. Besides, Participants will receive sham acupuncture, three times a week. The sham BL33, BL35, SP6, and ST36, which are 25 mm outward to BL33, BL35, SP6, and ST36, will be inserted with a depth of 2 to 3 mm.
Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing
Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
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