Clinical Research Of Bo's Abdominal Acupuncture Combined With Body Acupuncture Treated Mild And Midrange Depression

Object:Observed the curative effect of applying Bo's Abdominal Acupuncture combined with Body Acupuncture to treat mild to moderate clinical depression.Method:Clinical observation was completed in Jian Bao,Tian Youtang, Hao Yu, Liang Fang and other traditional Chinese medicine clinics of Hongkong from October, 2009 to May,2010.62 patients with mild and midrange depression were randomly divided into treatment group (abdominal acupuncture combined with body acupuncture group) and control group (body acupuncture group). Observation period was one treatment course (28 days). Observations included curative effect, assesements of Hamilton Rating Scale for depression (HAMD-17 item) and Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) before and after the treatmentResults: Among 31 patients with mild to moderate depression in treatment group,1 case got recovered,18 cases got significant improvement,11 cases got improvement, and 1 case got noneffectiveness, with the total effective rate of 96.77%; Among 31 patients in control group,0 case got recovered,7 cases got significant improvement, 19 cases got improvement, and 5 case got noneffectiveness, with the total effective rate of 83.87%; Wilcoxon rank sum test found that the general curative effect of the treatment group was significantly better than the control group (Z= 3.225, P= 0.001). Paired t test showed that after treatment the two groups' HAMD scores, the SDS scale scores and the sub-factors of anxiety/somatization were significantly lower than that of before treatment (P<0.05). The Wilcoxon signed rank sum test showed that hysteresis, dyssomna and weight factor scores were significantly lower than before treatment (P<0.05). Comparison of two group's various targets drop value showed that after treatment, the HAMD-17 item scale total score, SDS scale score, hysteresis and dyssomna scores compared with the control group were significant differences (P<0.05), the anxiety/somatization and the weight of the two groups after treatment was no significant difference (P>0.05).Conclusion:Both of Bo's abdominal acupuncture combined with body acupuncture and body acupuncture could obviously decrease the scores of the HAMD-17 and SDS, and significantly improve the depressive symptoms, which was superior to body acupuncture.