Clinical Research On Catgut Embedding Treating Insomnia Of Qi And Blood Deficiency

Objective:Comparing with acupuncture treatment and drug treatment, study on catgut embeding treatment treating insomnia of qi and blood deficiency, observing clinical efficacy and safety.Methods:Selecting123cases according to the standard of insomnia of qi and blood deficiency, randomly divided into catgut embedding group, acupuncture group and drug group, namely41cases. Choosing points as follow:Xinshu(BL15) Ganshu(BL18) Pishu(BL20) Shenshu(BL23) Guanyuan(RN4) Qihai(RN6) Neiguan(PC6) Zusanli(ST36) Sanyinjiao(SP6). Catgut embeding group bury Catgut in the point. Acupuncture group treat with normal acupuncture technique, Drug group take Estazolam. Each treatment will be used30days. Before treatment, after treatment and one month after treatment, we will give the evaluation of PSQI, Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) syndrome and the treatment efficacy, as well as its safety.Results:1. Comparing the three groups of PSQI score and TCM syndrome before and after treatment, having indicated that three therapies can improve sleep well.(P<0.05). Between the three groups after treatment comparing PSQI score, TCM syndrome and clinical efficacy, having indicated that embedding therapy to improve sleep has no significant difference with acupuncture therapy (P>0.05), embedding and acupuncture therapy improve sleep better than drug therapy (P<0.05), and they are significantly better than drug therapy about TCM syndrome (P<0.01). The clinical effectiveness of embedding therapy is significantly superior to that of drug therapy(P<0.01).2. Comparing the three groups of PSQI score and TCM syndrome after treatment and one month after treatment, having shown a certain degree of recurrence(P<0.05). Comparing the three groups of PSQI score, TCM syndrome and the clinical efficacy one month after treatment, having indicated that the recurrence of embeding therapy has no difference with acupuncture therapy(P>0.05), The recurrence degree of embedding therapy and acupuncture therapy is less than drug therapy (P<0.05) and these two treatments are significantly less than drug therapy about TCM recurrence(P<0.01). The clinical effectiveness of embedding therapy is significantly superior to that of drug therapy(P<0.01).Conclusion:Three treatments are effective in improving the symptoms of insomnia. Embedding group is effective, simple, convenient, low degree of recurrence, no side effects. Acupuncture therapy is fast onset, low degree of recurrence and without side effects, but has long duration of treatment and time-consuming. Drug therapy is rapid onset, but has short duration, more side effects and more recurrence. Thus catgut embedding therapy is more suitable for clinical application.