Table 1 Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) symptom assessment survey

Physical and mental fatigue

□ 0: None

□ 2: Easy fatigability

□ 4: Reluctance to perform the activities of daily living

□ 6: Weakness of limbs

Dry mouth and throat

□ 0: None

□ 2: Mild

□ 4: Decreased saliva production

□ 6: Severe thirst with constant need to drink fluids

Weakness and soreness of the lower back and knees

□ 0: None

□ 2: Occasional

□ 4: Need to alter body position for relief

□ 6: Persistent pain, need to take pain medication

Qi deficiency and listlessness

□ 0: None

□ 2: Shortness of breath after mild activity

□ 4: Shortness of breath after moderate activity

□ 6: Inability to speak or catch breath even when still

Spontaneous perspiration

□ 0: None

□ 2: Skin slightly wet when not moving

□ 4: Skin wet when not moving

□ 6: Profuse perspiration when moving

Night sweat

□ 0: None

□ 2: Occasional, head only

□ 4: Often on the, chest and back

□ 6: Always, all over the body

Dysphoria in chest, palms, and soles

□ 0: None

□ 2: Occasionally be perturbed

□ 4: Often, dryness heat within the body

□ 6: Always, need to grasp something cold

Dark purplish lips

□ 0: None

□ 2: Pale and dark lips

□ 4: Dark lips

□ 6: Dark purple lips

Edema

□ 0: None

□ 2: Palpebral edema

□ 4: Palpebral or edema of the legs

□ 6: Hyposarca