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1. RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL.pt.
2. CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL.pt.
3. RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS/
4. RANDOM ALLOCATION/
5. DOUBLE BLIND METHOD/
6. SINGLE‐BLIND METHOD/
7. or/1‐6
8. ANIMAL/ not HUMAN/
9. 7 not 8
10. CLINICAL TRIAL.pt.
11. exp CLINICAL TRIALS/
12. (clin$ adj25 trial$).ti,ab.
13. ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj25 (blind$ or mask$)).ti,ab.
14. PLACEBOS/
15. placebo$.ti,ab.
16. random$.ti,ab.
17. RESEARCH DESIGN/
18. or/10‐17
19. 18 not 8
20. 19 not 9
21. COMPARATIVE STUDY/
22. exp EVALUATION STUDIES/
23. FOLLOW UP STUDIES/
24. PROSPECTIVE STUDIES/
25. (control$ or prospectiv$ or volunteer$).ti,ab.
26. or/21‐25
27. 26 not 8
28. 27 not (9 or 20)
29. 9 or 20 or 28
30. acupressure/
31. exp acupuncture therapy/
32. "channels and collaterals".tw.
33. qi.mp.
34. qi/
35. (chinese adj1 (diagnos$ or extract$ or formula$ or herb$)).tw.
36. (Chinese adj2 (medical or medicin$)).tw.
37. (cupping adj1 (treatment or therapy)).tw.
38. Drugs, Chinese Herbal/
39. Huang qi.tw.
40. Medicine, kampo/
41. Medicine, Chinese traditional/
42. medicine, oriental traditional/
43. Meridian doctrine.tw.
44. Moxibustion/
45. moxabustion.tw.
46. Oriental massage.tw.
47. qigong.tw.
48. tai ji/
49. tai chi.tw.
50. five element theory.tw.
51. Tongue diagnosis.tw.
52. (Traditional Chinese adj (medicine or medical)).tw.
53. Tuina.tw.
54. vital energy.tw.
55. Yang deficiency/
56. Yin deficiency/
57. yin‐yang.tw.
58. Shenmai.tw.
59. pulse.tw.
60. tcm.tw.
61. or/30‐60
62. (phyto$ or plant$ or herb$).mp.
63. idiopathic chronic fatigue.mp.
64. unexplained chronic fatigue.mp.
65. exp Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic/
66. exp Fatigue/
67. (FATIGUE$ or APATH$ or ASTHENIA or EXHAUST$ or LANGUOR$ or LASSITUDE or LETHARG$ or MALAISE or TIRED$).mp.
68. chronic fatigue.mp.
69. fatigue syndrome.mp.
70. chronic fatigue immune dysfunction syndrome.mp.
71. (chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome).mp.
72. exp NEURASTHENIA/
73. neurasthenia.mp.
74. myalgic encephalomyelitis.mp.
75. post‐viral fatigue syndrome.mp.
76. post‐infective fatigue syndrome.mp. [mp=title, abstract, subject headings, heading word, drug trade name, original title, device manufacturer, drug manufacturer name]
77. chronic Epstein‐Barr virus infection.mp.
78. chronic Epstein‐Barr virus syndrome.mp.
79. chronic Epstein‐Barr virus infection syndrome.mp.
80. chronic mononucleosis.mp.
81. Iceland disease.mp.
82. Royal Free disease.mp.
83. exp Neurocirculatory Asthenia/
84. effort syndrome.mp.
85. Soldier s Heart.mp.
86. Da Costa's syndrome.mp.
87. immun$ deficiency syndrome.mp.
88. CFIDS.mp.
89. CFS.mp.
90. ICF.mp.
91. ME.mp.
92. EBV syndrome.mp.
93. or/63‐92

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#1 fatigue
#2 chronic fatigue
#3 chronic fatigue syndrome
#4 1˜3/or
#5 traditional Chinese medicine
#6 herbs
#7 herbal medicine
#8 acupuncture
#9 electronic acupuncture
#10 acupressure
#11 tuina
#12 tai ji
#13 qi gong
#14 moxibustion
#15 huo guan
#16 6˜15/or
#17 random
#18 random$ control$
#19 control$
#20 17˜19/or
#21 #4 AND #16 AND #20