Research On The Clinical Effectiveness And The PSG Of Insomniacs Treated By "Yin-Yang And Qi-Blood Point Compatibility" Acupuncture Theraphy

Objective: To assess therapeutic effect and the changes of polysomnography of insomniacs treated by "Yin-Yang and Qi-Blood Point Compatibility"acupuncture theraphy.Methods: .seventy-five cases were randomly divided into two groups, the treatment group ( n=38 ) and the control group (n=37) .The treatment group were treated with acupuncture.The control group were treated with oral administration of diazepam 4 mg before sleeping per day.The treatment course is 10 days,and both of the two groups were treated with two courses. The sleeping quality and structure of insomniacs before and after treatment were evaluated with Polysomnography.Results: The total effective rate of the treatment group was 73.7%, and the control group was 75.7%,which shows no significant difference with P>0.05. The effects to the PSG were as follows: (1) There was no significant difference in the sleep process between the two groups after treatment ( P>0.05) .It shows that acupuncture has the similar effects with the western medicine in shortening sleep latency, increasing total sleep time and improving sleep efficiency. (2) After treatment,there was significant difference between the NREM sleep time of the two groups (p<0.01) .This shows the control group can apparently increase NREM sleep time. In addition, after treatment there was significant difference between REM sleep time of the two groups (p<0.01) .This shows acupuncture can evidently increase REM sleep time. (3) After treatment,there was significant difference between the two groups in the every terms of the NREM sleep time(P<0.01).This shows that the control group can significantly increase the sleep time of S₁, S₂;while acupuncture cansignificantly increase that of S3> S4. (4) After treatment there was no significant difference between the two groups in decreasing awake times ( P>0.05 ) .This shows the treatment group can decrease awake times as well as the control group.ConcIusionrThe method of "Yin-Yang and Qi-Blood Point Compatibility" acupuncture theraphy is safe and, effective in treating insonmia. Acupuncture can significantly increase NREM sleep time in the insomniacs( especially increase the time of S3> S4) and the patients' REM sleep time.This effect make the proportion of the slow wave sleep and REM sleep time increased in the whole sleep process. And the quality of sleeping improved significantly.