Mechanism And Clinical Curative Effect Research Of Head Meridian Massage Therapy For Chronic Insomnia

Objective:To study the mechanism of head meridian massage therapy for chronic insomnia, and evaluate the clinical curative effect of the treatment.Methods:60patients with chronic insomnia diagnosis accord with standard of the patients through the random method into two groups: treatment group of30cases to give the head meridian massage therapy,30cases in Wuling capsule group. Observed the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality index (PSQI), the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and the Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) of the patients before and after4th week. Analysis the above indexes with the SPSS17.0software to evaluate the clinical curative effect of head meridian massage therapy for chronic insomnia. And test the Neurotransmitter in the brain of the treatment group before and after treatment by the Encephal of luctuography (EFG) technology, analyze the mechanism of the therapy.Result:60insomnia cases,30cases in treatment group and30cases in control group. After four weeks treatment by the head meridian massage therapy, Cured20cases, improvement in7cases, effective in2cases, ineffective1case, the total effective rate is96.7%. Compared with before treatment, the head meridian massage therapy can significantly reduce PSQI total score (P<0.01), significantly reduce the score of sleep quality, sleep time, sleep efficiency and daytime function (P<0.01). Reduce the number of anxiety or (and) depression patients, and the SAS, SDS points. The treatment group of brain neurotransmitter GABA, Glu, DA level to improve, and treatment compared with before statistical differences (P<0.05).Conclusion:The head meridian massage therapy for chronic insomnia has certain effect, which can improve insomnia patients anxiety and depression. The effect of treatment may be by adjusting the neurotransmitter levels in brain of the insomnia patients.