A Double-blind Control Study on the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Clearing Heart and Relieving Restlessness Acupuncture and Conventional Acupuncture / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the effect of treating generalized anxiety disorder with clearing heart and relieving rstlessness acupuncture combined with western medicine. Methods 87 patients with generalized anxiety disorder were randomly recruited into a control group and a treatment group. Both groups received conventional western medical treatment. On this basis, the control group was given conventional acupuncture therapy, while the treatment was given clearing heart and relieving restlessness acupuncture. The efficacies were evaluated with Hamailton anxiety (HAMA)scale and clinical global impression scale (CGI). The adverse reaction was evaluated with treatment emergent symptoms scale (TESS). Results One week after treatment, the efficacies and adverse reaction in the treatment group markedly decreased comparing with those before the treatment(P<0.05). Two weeks after treatment, the efficacies and adverse reaction of both groups decreased comparing with those before the treatment(P<0.01). Besides, the decrease continues with time passing by. One week after treatment, the HAMA score in the control group markedly decreased comparing with that of the control group (P<0.05), and the CGI score in the treatment group had no significant difference comparing with that of the control group(P<0.05). Conclusion The treatment of clearing heart and relieving restlessness acupuncture on generalized anxiety disorder has rapid effect and good compliance.