Clinical Research On "Regulating Du Meridian Of Head With Conventional Acupuncture" For Primary Insomnia

ObjectiveObserve the differences of effect between treatment group(regulating Du Meridian of head with conventional acupuncture) and control group(conventional acupuncture only), providing a new way and scientific reference for treatment of primary insomnia.Research MethodsDivide the60subjects that meeting the inclusion criteria into treatment group and control group randomly.which are from acupuncture clinic of First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Guangdong hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Give subjects in treatment group therapies of acupuncture at Shenting, Shangxing, Xinhui, Qianding, Baihui and conventional acupuncture, and control group of conventional acupuncture only. both of treatment group and control group were given therapy every other day,14days for a course, observe therapeutic effect after2courses of treatment. Observe the vary of actual sleeping time and Pittsburgh sleep quality Index (PSQI) before and after treatment. Record the recurrence rate. Analyse the data with SPSS19.0, determine the curative effect.Results1. The treatment group and the control group were comparable of the general situation of patients before treatment including Gender, age, course of disease, Pittsburgh sleep quality index scores (P>0.05).2. The markedly effective rate of treatment group was66.7%,, while the markedly effective rate of control group was40%. The total effective rate of treatment group is93.33%, while the total effective rate of control group was90%. The difference is statistically significant(P<0.05).3. After treatment the total score of both the treatment group and the control group was significantly less than before treatment (P<0.05); 4. After treatment, the PSQI total score of treatment group is significantly less than control group (P<0.05);5. After treatment, both groups of various ratings of PSQI scores were significantly less than before treatment(P<0.05);6. After treatment, treatment group score significantly less than control group at various of ratings of PSQI scores(P<0.05), except sleep efficiency and daytime function.ConclusionRegulating Du Meridian of head with conventional acupuncture and conventional acupuncture alone can both significantly improve the clinical symptoms of insomnia;Regulating Du Meridian of head with conventional acupuncture for treatment of primary insomnia was significantly better than conventional acupuncture only.The therapy of regulating Du Meridian of head with conventional acupuncture is safe.