Therapeutic Effects Of Acupuncturing Jiankang Acupoint For Treating Insomnia

Objective To observe the therapeutic effects of acupuncturing Jiankang acupoint for treating insomnia,so that to provide a new acupoint reference for clinical acupuncture for treating insomnia.Methods Total of 60 patients with insomnia were randomly divided into two groups:control group and teratment group containing 30 cases in each group.In control group,acupuncturing routine acupoints was applied,needle on Baihui,bilateral Shenmen,bilateral Neiguan and bilateral Anmian was the primary method,and other acupoints were chosen dialectically according to TCM syndrome types.In treatment group,bilateral Jiankang was added.In both groups,acupuncture was done twice each day,30 minutes each time,15 days as a course and one day rest during the treatment.The changes of the AIS scale,the PSQI scale and the sleep rate were observed before treatment and after 3 courses of treatment,and the data were analyzed by SPSS19.0.Results 60 cases were completed with this study,no exfoliator and no adverse reaction occurred.1.Evaluation of clinical efficacy: After 3 courses of treatment,19 cases are cured in the treatment group,7 cases are significantly effective,3 cases are effective and 1 case is invalid.The markedly effective rate was 86.7% and the total effective rate was 96.7%.In the control group,13 cases were cured,6 cases are significantly effective,4 cases are effective,7 cases are ineffective.The markedly effective rate is 63.3% and the total effective rate is 76.7%.The markedly effective rate and total effective rate of treatment group were significantly higher compard with control group(P < 0.05),and the difference was statistically significant.The results suggested that the therapeutic effect of treatment group was better than the control group.2.Comparison of AIS scores: AIS scores of two groups before treatment and after treatment of three courses were decreased(P < 0.01),which meant the two kinds of treatments were both effective.The AIS score of treatment group was lower than the control group after three courses of treatment.The difference between two groups are statistically significant(t = 2.25,P < 0.05),which meant the treatment group was superior to the control group.3.Comparison of PSQI score: After 3 courses of treatment,The total scores of PSQI score and each factor score of two groups were lower than before(P < 0.01),and the two groups of patients after treatment in sleep quality,sleep efficiency,sleep disorder and other seven aspects were improved,which meant two treatment methods were effective.Besides,the total score of PSQI and each factor score of the treatment group were significantly lower than the control group and the difference between both groups(P <0.01)is statistically significant,prompting treatment group was better than the control group on the improvement of the seven factors in PSQI scale.4.Comparison of sleep rate: The sleep rate of the two groups was improved after 3courses of treatment,and the difference was statistically significant both before and after treatment.The comparison between the two groups was t=2.21,P < 0.05,suggesting that the sleep rate of the treatment group was better than the control group.Conclusions Acupuncturing Jiankang acupoint has a good effect on insomnia,which can obviously improve the sleep quality of insomnia patients and improve the sleep rate.The mechanism of its action remains to be further explored.