Clinical observation on acupuncture for treatment of depression / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To search for the best therapy for depression.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The acupuncture group of 34 cases were treated by acupuncture at acupoints on the head as main and acupoints of the limbs as adjuvant, two treatments a week, and the control group of 30 cases by antidepressant deanxit for 5 weeks.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>There was no significant difference between the two groups in the therapeutic effect (P > 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Acupuncture and western medicine deanxit have a similar therapeutic effect on depression.</p>