[Effect of acupuncture at Sishencong (EX-HN 1) on sleeping in the patient of insomnia].
OBJECTIVE
To assess therapeutic effect of acupuncture at Sishencong (EX-HN 1) on insomnia.


METHODS
Sixty-five cases of insomnia were treated with acupuncture at Sishencong (EX-HN 1) and their quality and compositions of sleeping before and after treatment were evaluated with a multichannel sleep detector.


RESULTS
After treatment, the quality of sleeping increased significantly (P < 0.05), and the sleeping rate increased from (61.95 +/- 22.90)% before treatment to (79.27 +/- 11.05)% after treatment (P < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Acupuncture at Sishencong (EX-HN 1) has obvious therapeutic effect on insomnia.
Zhang
Chun-hua
CH
Shandong Provincial Hospital of Shandong University, Jian, China. chunhua9804@163.com
Liu
Ji-ming
JM
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D006801:Humans; D012890:Sleep; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders