The Clinical Observation Of Deep Puncture Of Shuitu Acupiont Given Priority To Treatment Of Primary Insomnia

ObjectiveThe study used the acupuncture treatment of deep puncture of Shuitu acupoint given priority to cure the primary insomnia under the guidance of the Chinese and western medicine theories.It was to observe the improvement of sleep quality and life quality and to compare the clinical efficacy of between the treatment group and control group which to enrich clinical method.MethodThe study selected 60 cases not only met the standard of diagnosis and inclusion criteria,but took part of the study and signed informed consent voluntarily.All patients who received basic treatment and conventional acupuncture treatment(The conventional points derived from<Acupuncture and Moxibustion Theraphy>(Second Edition)).The treatment group also accepted the deep puncture of Shuitu acupoint on the foundation of control group.Both groups were continuously treated for three weeks(30 mimutes one time a day,6 days for a course,at the end of course for one day rest.To evaluate the total score according to the PSQI and WHOQOL-BREF before and after treatment,and compared the clinical efficacy.ResultsIn field of general informationBefore treatment,two groups of patients at the aspects of factors(such as gender age course of disease)were no significant difference(P>0.05),so the sources of both groups could be consistent and comparable.The scores of PSQIBefore treatment,two groups of patients at the scores of PSQI were no significant difference(P>0.05),so the sources could be consistent and comparable.After treatment,the PSQI scores were improved in both groups,the differences of before and after treatment had obviously significance(P<0.01).Compared between the two groups after treatment,the improvement of scores in the treatment group was better than the control group,the differences of them had statistically significance(P<0.01).The scores of WHOQOL-BREFBefore treatment,two groups of patients at the scores of WHOQOL-BREF were no significant difference(P>0.05),so the sources could be consistent and comparable.After treatment,the WHOQOL-BREF scores were improved in both groups,the differences of before and after treatment had obviously significance(P<0.01).Compared between two groups after treatment,the improvement of scores in the treatment group was better than the control group,the differences of them had statistically significance(P<0.01).The results of clinical efficacyAfter treatment,the total effective rate in the treatment group was 90.0%higher than in the control group.The differences of them had statistically significance(P<0.01).It meant that the treatment group is better than the control group at the aspects of the clinical efficacy.ConclusionCompared with conventional acupuncture,the deep puncture of Shuitu acupoint given priority to cure the primary insomnia was more effective on the improvement of the clinical symptom about the primary insomnia,also,could observably improve the sleep quality and life quality.