[Clinical observation on acupuncture for treatment of depression].
OBJECTIVE
To search for the best therapy for depression.


METHODS
The acupuncture group of 34 cases were treated by acupuncture at acupoints on the head as main and acupoints of the limbs as adjuvant, two treatments a week, and the control group of 30 cases by antidepressant deanxit for 5 weeks.


RESULTS
There was no significant difference between the two groups in the therapeutic effect (P > 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Acupuncture and western medicine deanxit have a similar therapeutic effect on depression.
Wang
Tian-jun
TJ
Baixia District Jianzhong Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210004, China. tianjunw@sina.com
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003863:Depression / Q000628:therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans
D000928:Antidepressive Agents