Mind-tranquilizing Needling Technique & Insomnia: Therapeutic Efficacy Observation of 63 Cases / 针灸推拿医学（英文版）

ABSTRACT

Objective: To investigate the clinical efficacy of treating insomnia with mind-tranquilizing acupuncture. Method: Sixty-three patients were randomly divided into a treatment group of 32 cases and a control group of 31 cases. The treatment group received mind-tranquilizing acupuncture and the control group, oral depression-relieving and mind-calming herbal granules, for 30 days. Results: The response rate was 87.5% in the treatment group and 77.4% in the control group. There were significant differences in falling-sleep time, lasting period and times of nocturnal waking (P ＜ 0.05) and a very significant difference in dream improvement (P＜ 0.01) between the two groups. There were no significant differences in afterwaking conditions and sleep evaluation (P＞ 0.05). Conclusion: Clinically mind-tranquilizing acupuncture has a better effect on insomnia than depression-relieving and mind-calming herbal granules.