| Objective:To observe the clinical efficacy of acupunct at Sishencong (EX-HN1) point by long needle retaining for treating insomnia.Medthods:According to the diagnostic criteria,60 patients are randomly divided into two groups in this study, which includes the treament group 30 cases and the control group 30 cases. The first one uses long retaining Sishencong point treatment, the second one uses routine acupuncture treatment. Applying the Pittsburgh sleep quality index(PSQI), self rating anxiety scale(SAS), self-rating depressive scale(SDS) and clinical curative effect as the index. Clinical comparatively observing the improvment of sleep quality, sleep time, sleep latency, sleep efficiency, daytime function, dyssomnia, SAS score and SDS score between the treatment group and the control group.Results:1. After treatment, it gets statistical significance comparing the two groups (P<0.05). The total effective rate in the treatment group is93.30% and that in the control group is 80.00%.2. As for the evaluation score of PSQI, it is significantly different between the intra group (P<0.05). The treatment group superiors to the control group in improving the sleep quality, sleep time and sleep latency.3. The treatment group can improve insomnia patients with the SAS score and it is superior to that of the control group (P<0.05).4. The treatment group can improve insomnia patients with the SDS score and it superiors to that of the control group (P<0.05).Conclusions:1. For the treatment group, it is effective to acupunct at Sishencong point by retaining long needle for treating insomnia, it can improve patients’sleep quality, sleep time, sleep latency, sleep efficiency, daytime function, dyssomnia.2. Sishencong point by retaining long needle can improve the level of patients anxiety and depression. |
