Clinical observation on acupuncture treatment of intractable insomnia.
OBJECTIVE
To observe the effects of acupuncture for treatment of intractable insomnia.


METHODS
Totally 90 patients were randomly divided into a treatment group (50 cases), treated by the body acupuncture plus auricular-plaster therapy, and a control group (40 cases), the Baihui (GV 20)-through-Sishencong (EX-HN1). puncture, auricular-plaster therapy and moxibustion on the back-shu points were not used in the control group. The clinical effects were observed.


RESULTS
The total effective rate was 98.0% in the treatment group and 77.5% in the control group. The therapeutic effect in the treatment group was much better than that in the control group (P < 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
The body acupuncture plus auricular-plaster therapy may show better effect for intractable insomnia.
Li
Ling-Feng
LF
The People's Hospital of Hangzhou Xiacheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, China.
Lu
Jian-Hua
JH
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult