| Purpose: 1. To observe the sleep improvement in patients with insomnia with deficiency of heart-qi and gallbladder-qi by auricular acupuncture at "Shenmen", "Heart", "Tri-jiao", "Endocrine" and "Gallbladder" and suggest that adjusting endocrine function via auricular point can improve insomnia symptoms of specific TCM syndrome types.2. From the perspective of the "Theory of Biology Holograph", this paper is to prove that toning the specific auricular regions would help improve the whole body functions, and to provide clinical bases for further exploring its mechanism and developing normalized auricular acupuncture therapy for the treatment of insomnia with deficiency of heart-qi and gallbladder-qi.Method: Utilizing the randomized controlled method, 60 cases who suffered from insomnia with deficiency of heart-qi and gallbladder-qi were divided into group A(acupuncturing at "Shenmen", "Heart", "Tri-jiao", "Endocrine" and "Gallbladder") and group B(drug), 30 cases for each group. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was employed to investigate patient’s changes in sleep before and after treatment.Result: The clinical cure rate and total effective rate in group A were better than the control group. The PSQI scores of both groups showed a statistically significant difference before and after the measurement(P=0.000<0.01), suggesting that the acupuncture group performed better than the control group in treating insomnia with deficiency of heart-qi and gallbladder-qi.Conclusion: Auricular acupuncture at "Shenmen", "Heart", "Tri-jiao", "Endocrine" and "Gallbladder" have a much better effect than the control group in treating insomnia with deficiency of heart-qi and gallbladder-qi. It is worthy of being widely applied in clinic. The above results indicate to a certain degree that auricular acupuncture at "Shenmen", "Heart", "Tri-jiao", "Endocrine" and "Gallbladder" is safe and effective and able to greatly improve patients’ sleep quality. |
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