癌因性疲憊症（Cancer Related Fatigue; CRF）是罹癌過程中常有的症狀。癌因性疲憊症是一種主觀性的多維症狀，由於其發病機制尚不明確，西方醫學亦缺乏有效的治療方法。癌因性疲憊症嚴重影響患者心理、生理和生活品質。中醫認為，癌因性疲憊症是機體「陰平陽秘」的生理平衡遭到破壞，導致「氣血陰陽失衡、臟腑功能紊亂」的一種陰陽失調，多由積勞內傷、久病不復引起，以「虛勞」論治。而傳統中醫藥擅長於調節機體整體功能，在臨床治療上有獨特的優勢，所以在癌因性疲憊症的治療領域中有良好的應用前景。 Cancer related fatigue (CRF) is the common symptom of cancer when progressing. It is a subjective symptom, but the mechanism is unclear and lack of effective treatment in modem medicine. It has severely effect on the patient's quality of life and biopsychology. Caused by a physical breakdown and chronic fatigue syndrome, Chinese medicine considers CRF is a biological imbalance due to a ”Yin Yan dysfunction” that results in imbalances in Qi, Blood, Yin and Yan, and in function disorder of viscera and diagnoses CRF symptom as debilities and fatigue. The Traditional Chinese Medicine has the advantage over regulation of global organic function; therefore, it may be a useful treatment on the cancer related fatigue in the future.
