title: [Clinical observation on acupuncture at Zhaohai (KI 6) and Shenmai (BL 62) for treatment of insomnia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe therapeutic effect of acupuncture at Zhaohai (KI 6) and Shenmai (BL 62) on insomnia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-eight cases of insomnia were randomly divided into a treatment group of 40 cases and a control group of 38 cases. The treatment group were treated with acupuncture at Zhaohai (KI 6) using reinforcing method and at Shenmai (BL 62) using reducing method, combined with acupuncture at acupoints selected according to syndrome differentiation. The control group were treated with acupuncture at acupoints selected according to syndrome differentiation. Their therapeutic effects were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cured rate and the total effective rate were 62.5% and 97.5% in the treatment group, and 31.6% and 68.4% in the control group, respectively, with significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture at Zhaohai (KI 6) and Shenmai (BL 62) has a better therapeutic effect on insomnia.
authors.affiliation: Shunyi District Hospital of TCM, Beijing 101300, China.
authors.forename: Shi-Guang
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; D013577:Syndrome