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Objective To compare the effective difference of the flying needle with intradermal needle among the shu-acupoint group , the estazolam group and the non- point acupuncture group. Methods Three undred and fifteen patients who met the inclusion criteria were randomly enrolled into three groups for the insomnia severity index (ISI) and rating changes detection. After 2-week treatment,the patients were followed up at 4 weeks later. Results The ISI decreased gradually at 1 week, 2 weeks, and 4 weeks after treatment.The therapeutic effects of the three groups were all better than ever before at 1 week, 2 weeks, and 4 weeks after treatment (P<0.05). The follow-up therapeutic effect of the flying needle acupuncture group was better than that of the estazolam group and of the non-point acupuncture group (P<0.05). The curative effect of flying needle acupuncture is better than that in the other two groups (P < 0.05). Conclusion The subjective sleep quality of insomnia patients received flying needle with intradermal needle in shu-acupoint is beter than that of insomnia patients of the Estazolam group and of the non-point acupuncture group.
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Purpose: To observe the clinical efficacy eye acupuncture in the control of acute attack of deficiency-syndrome asthma in china alone. Method: Random cross-comparison grouping was used to observe the curative effects in eye acupuncture, body acupuncture and medication groups. Results and conclusion: Both clinical control rate and marked effective rate in the eye acupuncture were higher than those in the body acupuncture group (P＜ 0.01),but not significantly different from those in the medication group (P＞ 0.05); plasma cAMP content and cAMP/cGMP ratio rose and plasma cGMP content dropped in the patients after the treatment, indicating that eye acupuncture, like body acupuncture and medication, can increase sympathetic excitability and stimulate adrenocortical functions to remove bronchial spasm.