The Clinical Study Of Using Acupuncture Treatment On Shu Mu Acupoints In Treating Insomnia Of The Stagnation Of The Liver Qi With Pathogenic Heat Syndrome

ObjectiveThis study utilizes clinical epidemiologic, research and statistical analytic methods to observe the safety and therapeutic effect of using Acupuncture treatment on Shu Mu Acupoints in treating Insomnia Caused by Fire Derived from Liver-qi Stagnation.MethodsThe subjects are insomnia patients. Case sources:60 qualified insomnia patients who were received in Guangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine University Hospital. The research takes the randomized trial methods and classifies subjects into the Treatment Group (Acupuncture treatment on Shu Mu Acupoints Group)and the Control Group(Normal Acupuncture Group)with 30 patients in each group. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was adopted to evaluate and observe the clinical curative effect, and all the datas were analyzed with software SPSS 17.0.Results1. The study observed a total of 60 insomnia patients diagnosed with stagnation of liver qi with pathogenic heat syndrome. The Acupuncture treatment on Shu Mu Acupoints group consisted of 30 patients:16 males and 14 females; The Normal Acupuncture group also consisted of 30 Patients:18 males and 12 females. With respect to the basic indices of the two groups, including gender, age and course of illness were comparable and showed no statistical significance(p>0.05).2. Curative effect comparison:Compared the curative effect of the two groups and the author found that the difference had significance. In The Treatment Group's,5 patients were cured,15 significant were improved,8 were improved, and 2 got no effect, the total effective rate was 93.33%; In The Control Group's,2 patients were cured,10 significant were improved, 14 were improved, and 4 got no effect, the total effective rate was 86.67. It showed statistical significance(p<0.05).3. Compared the PSQI scores of two groups, the treatment group and the control group didn't show significant differences(p>0.05) before the treatment; while the scores after treatment were obviously better than before in both groups (P<0.05);and after the treatment, the scores of treanment group were different with the control group(P<0.05). All above, it indicated that both acupuncture treatment on Shu Mu Acupoints and normal acupuncture intake were effective in treating insomnia of the observed TCM syndrome in terms of sleep duration, sleep latency, daytime dysfunction, sleep quality, habitual sleep efficiency, and sleep disturbances, and the acupuncture treatment on Shu Mu Acupoints group was more effective.ConclusionsUsing acupuncture on the Shu Mu Acupoints to treat insomnia was clinically effective, improving patients' sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep duration, habitual sleep efficiency, sleep disturbances and daytime dysfunction. The treatment was more effective than the Normal Acupuncture group intake.