title: Clinical study on the visceral differentiation-based acupuncture therapy for insomnia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, The First Clinical Hospital Affiliated to Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ling
authors.forename: Xin-mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Jin-wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.forename: Miao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ke
mesh_terms: 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