Clnical Study On Treatment Of Insomnia By Cupping On Back-shu And Front-mu With Regular Acupuncture

ObjectiveCompare the different effect between acupuncture-only and cupping back-shu and front-mu acupoint combing acupuncture on insomnia of Liver depression of fire, to observe the curative effect, little side effect,convenient traditional acupuncture treatment on insomnia of Liver depression of fire in Lingnan area and provide the evidence to this cupping combing acupuncture therapy on Liver depression of fire of insomnia.Methods60insomnia patient of outpatient in the first affiliated hospital of Guangzhou University of traditional Chinese medicine from2013-.6to2014-2. We divide them into2group of30randomly. One group is control group (acupuncture only) and the other group is the experimental group (cupping back-shu and front-mu points combing acupuncture). Control group:supine position: acupuncture on double-side ShenMen (HT7), NeiGuan (PC6), TaiChong (LR3), Xingjian (LR2), DuMai (DU20). Prone position:double-side FengChi (GB20), AnMian. Experimental group:supine position:cupping on double-side QiMen (LR14), RiYue (GB24), ZhongFu (LU1), RenMai (RN17) for5-10min.than acupuncture on double-side ShenMen (HT7), NeiGuan (PC6), TaiChong (LR3), Xingjian (LR2), DuMai (DU20). Prone:position:cupping on FeiShu (BL13), GanShu (BL18), DanShu (BL19) for5-10min and then acupuncture on double-side FengChi (GB20), AnMian. PSQI was evaluated by the professional doctor before and after each course of treatment.ResultsComparing the overall curative effect between two group after two courses of treatment, the effective rate of the experimental group is96.67%, the control group is86.67%, the difference was not statistically significant. However, the score of the seven dimension in PSQI, including sleeping quality, time for falling sleep, sleeping maintaining time, sleeping efficiency, sleep disturbance hypnotic, daytime dysfunction have a significant decline.Conelusion1. Both cupping on back-shu and front-mu points combing acupuncture and acupuncture only are effective on Liver depression of fire of insomnia.2. The experimental group is much more effective than control group on3dimension of PSQI.