ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the clinical effect of acupuncture therapy for ascending and descending Qi for the treatment of insomnia with the syndrome of liver stagnation. Methods Sixty quantified patients were randomized into 2 groups, 30 cases in each group. The patients in the treatment group were treated by acupuncture therapy for ascending and descending Qi, and the control group was given conventional acupuncture therapy. The polysomnography ( PSG) results and Pittsburgh sleep quality index ( PSQI) were compared before and after treatment, and the clinical efficacy was evaluated after treatment in the two groups. Results ( 1) The parameters of total sleep time, deep sleep time and rapid eye movement ( REM) time were prolonged, and the sleep latency and waking-up frequency in both groups were reduced after treatment (P<0.05 compared with those before treatment), and the improvement of total sleep time, deep sleep time and REM time in the treatment group was significantly superior to that in the control group (P<0.05). (2) PSQI scores in both groups were reduced after treatment ( P<0.01 compared with those before treatment) , and the reduction in the treatment group was more significant than that in the control group (P<0.01). (3) The total effective rate in the treatment group was 93.33%and was 76.67%in the control group. The efficacy in the treatment group was better than that in the control group (P<0.01). Conclusion Acupuncture therapy for ascending and descending Qi has better effect on insomnia with liver stagnation than conventional acupuncture therapy, being practical and innovative.
