Clinical study on thread-embedding therapy for insomnia due to heart-spleen deficiency
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Clinical study on thread-embedding therapy for insomnia due to heart-spleen deficiency
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J Acupunct Tuina Sci (2012), Xi-ping, He
Abstract
Objective: To observe the clinical effect of thread-embedding therapy in treating insomnia due to heart-spleen deficiency. Methods: Sixty patients were randomized into an acupuncture group and a thread-embedding group, 30 in each. The acupuncture group was managed by acupuncture therapy, and the thread-embedding group was treated by thread-embedding therapy. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was adopted for evaluation before and after treatments. Results: The total effective rate was 86.7% in the acupuncture group versus 96.7% in the thread-embedding group. After treatment, the PSQI scores were significantly different from those before treatment in both groups (P<0.01); the scores in both two groups were markedly different from each other after treatment (P<0.01). Conclusion: Both acupuncture and thread-embedding therapies can effectively improve sleep quality of the patients, while thread-embedding therapy is comparatively less time-consuming, more convenient and with longer stimulation.
Alternative Title
J Acupunct Tuina Sci
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English
issn
1672-3597
issue
4
page end
226
page start
223
volume
10