Table 3.

The symptom scores of Chinese medicine syndrome.

The symptom scores of Chinese medicine syndrome (SSCMS)
Main symptoms	None (0)	Mild (2)	Moderate (4)	Severe (6)
Weakness	None	Slightly worse than normal	Slightly inconvenient in daily life	Difficult to hold objects and walk
Atrophy	None	Mild atrophy in the first interosseous muscle, with hand function not affected	Obvious atrophy in the first interosseous muscle, with hand function significantly affected	Significant atrophy in the first interosseous muscle, difficult to hold objects
Fasciculation	None	Local and occasional	Multifocal and frequent	Diffuse and persistent
Minor symptoms	None (0)	Mild (1)	Moderate (2)	Severe (3)
Spiritual exhaustion	None	Feel tired about oneself	Others can feel someone tired	Too fatigue to keep talking
Shortness of breath	None	Occurs when active	Occurs after slight activity	Occurs at rest
Fear of cold or limb cooling	None	Slight	Obvious	Significant: needs more clothes and bedding
Spontaneous sweating	None	Slight and occasional, clothes keep dry	Obvious, clothes wet frequently	Significant: need to change clothes daily
Weakness of waist and knees	None	Occasional	Frequent	Too significant to walk

Total SSCMS: 0–33.

ΔSSCMS = [(SSCMS before treatment-SSCMS after treatment)/SSCMS before treatment]*100%.

Significantly effective: ΔSSCMS no less than 70%.

Effective: ΔSSCMS no less than 30%, but less than 70%.

Ineffective: ΔSSCMS less than 30%.