Clinical study on the visceral differentiation-based acupuncture therapy for insomnia.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the clinical effects of acupuncture for insomnia on the basis of visceral differentiation.


METHODS
Seventy cases of insomnia were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group. The former was treated by acupuncture based on visceral differentiation and the latter by the routine acupuncture therapy.


RESULTS
The clinical effects were significantly better in the treatment group than that of the control group (P<0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
The visceral differentiation-based acupuncture therapy may enhance the therapeutic effects for insomnia patients.
Ling
Li
L
Department of Neuroscience, The First Clinical Hospital Affiliated to Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
Jiang
Xin-mei
XM
Xue
Jin-wei
JW
Wang
Miao
M
Ke
Rui
R
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult