title: [Clinical observation on therapeutic effect of the pressing plantar reflex area with wooden needle for treatment of patients with insomnia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the therapeutic effect of wooden needle on the patients with insomnia.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and twenty patients with insomnia were randomly divided into a wooden needle group and a western medicine group, 60 cases in each group. In the wooden needle group, the patients were treated with wooden needle to press the plantar reflex areas, such as cerebellar, throid and cerebral areas. In the western medicine group, Alprazolam was taken orally. Before and after treatment, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to evaluate the therapeutic effect of both groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total therapeutic effect was 100.0% in the wooden needle group, while it was 90.7% in the western medicine group, there was no significant difference between the two groups (P > 0.05). Compared with PSQI before and after treatment, there was difference in the both groups (All P < 0.01), but there was no difference between the two groups (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The therapeutic effect of wooden needle is similar to that of Alprazolam on the insomnia, indicats that wooden needle is a better therapy for treating insomnia.
authors.affiliation: Wulongbei Sanatorium, No. 230 Hospital of Shenyang Military Region, Dandong 118005, China. wenquan.240@163.com
authors.forename: Yu-ling
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Yan-bo
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Ying-yong
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shi-chang
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zeng-yu
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008405:Massage; D008875:Middle Aged; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome