Clinical Control Study Of Heart-gallbladder Acupuncture Treatment In Primary Insomnia

ObjectiveTo evaluate the curative effect and dominance of Heart-gallbladder Acupuncture Treatment in primary insomnia of heart gallbladder qi deficiency type, and to provide a effective, convenient and safe treatment option on primary insomnia.MethodsSeventy cases of primary insomnia character as heart gallbladder Qi deficiency were chosen, and divided randomly into normal control group and acupuncture group averagely. All of them were treated for two courses and followed up after the treatment for one month. The sleep rate, the index of PSQI, the quality of life, and the integral changes of heart gallbladder qi deficiency symptoms were compared between the two groups. The short-term and long-term curative effect was observed. Establish a database and the experimental data is statistically analyzed by using the SPSS17.0Resultsâ‘ Both the routine acupuncture and Heart-gallbladder Acupuncture Treatment have remarkable effect on insomnia character as heart gallbladder qi deficiency, with low relapse rate. In the second and third course of the treatment, the efficacy of both group have significant difference in quality of sleep and PSQI score (P<0.05), except the first course with no statistical difference (P>0.05). It shows that Heart-gallbladder Acupuncture Treatment resembled routine acupuncture in short-term and long-term curative effect on primary insomnia of heart gallbladder qi deficiency type primary insomnia.â‘¡Both methods had positive effect, but the heal rate is too small. According to the analysis of the PSQI, the total effectiveness of control group reaches74.29%, but the heal rate is only8.57%. And the heal rate of Heart-gallbladder Acupuncture Treatment is20.00%, though the total effectiveness is82.86%. According to de analysis of the Chinese Medical symptoms valuation, the total effectiveness of control group is74.29%, thus the heal rate is just11.43%. At the same time, the total effectiveness of Heart-gallbladder Acupuncture Treatment is82.86%, and the heal rate is20.00%.â‘¢Both methods can improve the symptoms of all kinds of primary insomnia, but the overall efficacy of the Heart-gallbladder Acupuncture Treatment group is much better than the normal control group, especially for the heart gallbladder qi deficiency type.â‘£Both the methods can not only cure the primary insomnia, but also improve the patients'life quality in the round. But the Heart-gallbladder Acupuncture Treatment is much better with a significant difference(P<0.05).ConclusionsBoth the routine acupuncture and Heart-gallbladder Acupuncture Treatment have definite curative effect on primary insomnia of heart gallbladder qi deficiency type. However, it is more convenient to do the Heart-gallbladder Acupuncture Treatment with less points, but better curative effect, which meets the treatment concept of the modern society that is simple, safe, non-toxic side effects. All these merits make it more popular and acceptable, so that is valuable to study and extend the Heart-gallbladder Acupuncture Treatment to treat primary insomnia of heart gallbladder qi deficiency type.