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Clinical observation on acupuncture treatment of intractable insomnia
1The People's Hospital of Hangzhou Xiacheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, China.
Objective:
To observe the effects of acupuncture for treatment of intractable insomnia.
Methods:
Totally 90 patients were randomly divided into a treatment group (50 cases), treated by the body acupuncture plus auricular-plaster therapy, and a control group (40 cases), the Baihui (GV 20)-through-Sishencong (EX-HN1). puncture, auricular-plaster therapy and moxibustion on the back-shu points were not used in the control group. The clinical effects were observed.
Results:
The total effective rate was 98.0% in the treatment group and 77.5% in the control group. The therapeutic effect in the treatment group was much better than that in the control group (P < 0.01).
Conclusion:
The body acupuncture plus auricular-plaster therapy may show better effect for intractable insomnia.
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