Table 1.

The Important Signs and Symptoms of Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Their Compatible Traditional Disorders.^1,37

E’aya	Fibromyalgia	Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	Drugs Offered in Traditional Persian Medicine
Ghoruhi (ulcerous): painful soreness or tingling by touching the skin, the movement increases pain sensitivity, painful stretching in limbs, fever and chill occurs if the pain be intensified	Diffuse musculoskeletal pain, multiple tender point sites, pain described as numbness, tingling, burning, stabbing sensation, and headache	Tender cervical and axillary lymph nodes, sore throat, myalgia, odynophagia, polyartralgia, headache; unusual warm or cool extremities	Gentle massage with resolving oil such as chamomile, dill, root of marshmallow, beetroot,  warm tub and lukewarm bath
Tamaddodi (tension): feeling heat, fullness and contusion in body or stretching in limbs, feeling heaviness or lightness, unrefreshing sleep	Boredom, fatigue, contusion feeling, unrefreshing sleeps insomnia, frequent nocturnal awakening, and restless leg syndrome, hypotonic or hypertonic muscle	Postexertional malaise and fatigue sleep disturbance, excessive day time sleepiness	Cumin, caraway, anise, gentle massage with resolving oil such as chamomile, dill, wormwood, and stinking bean trefoil
Varami (inflammatory): body is warm, full, and appears swollen, with a sense of tension	Hot and cold intolerance, persistent fatigue accompanied by impairment physical and mental function	Edema, feverishness, fatigue not improving with rest and resulting disability	Food and calorie restriction, drink coolers, topical use of sweet violet oil
Ghashafi (dry): feeling dryness and weakness in the body	Abnormal muscle twitch response, muscle cramp, muscle weakness and fasciculation, generalized and localized stiffness that occurs in the morning and limited movement		Barley soup, squash, spinach, and poultry, topical use of sweet violet oil