Effect of Acupuncture at Shenmai (BL 62) and Zhaohai (KI 6) on Polysomnography of Primary Insomnia

Yin, H.

Wang, S.

Int J Clin Acupunct

2013

22(3)

114-116

RCT

Objective: To observe the effect of acupuncture at Shenmai (13L 62) and Zhaohai (K1 6) on poly-som nography (PSG) in primary insomnia. Methods: 120 patients were randomly divided into 3 groups, with group A receiving acupuncture at Shenmai (BL 62) with reducing method, group B receiving acupuncture at Zhaohai (KI 6) with enhancing method, and group C receiving acupuncture at Shenmai (BL 62) and Zhao-hai (KI 6) with reducing and enhancing method, respectively. Forty healthy volunteers were enrolled as the control group. PSG examination was given to patients in both groups before and after treatment. Self-con-trolled study was conducted in the treatment group, and the change of indicators in the three treatment groups and between all four groups were compared and observed. Results: Significant difference was observed in indicators before and after treatment in both group A and B (P < 0.05), but influence on sleep cycle and sleep structure was different. All indicators before and after treatment in group C showed significant differ-ence (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). Comparing with group A, B and C, a significant difference was observed in the indi-cators (P< 0.05 or P‹ 0.01) after treatment compared with control group. Group C showed no significant dif-ference (P> 0.05) compared with control group after treatment. Conclusion: the acupuncture combination of Zhaohai (KI 6) and Shenmai (BL 62) could obviously improve the sleep quality.

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