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  • Title: [Clinical observation on acupuncture at Zhaohai (KI 6) and Shenmai (BL 62) for treatment of insomnia].
    Author: Wang SG.
    Journal: Zhongguo Zhen Jiu; 2005 Nov; 25(11):771-2. PubMed ID: 16335201.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To observe therapeutic effect of acupuncture at Zhaohai (KI 6) and Shenmai (BL 62) on insomnia. METHODS: Seventy-eight cases of insomnia were randomly divided into a treatment group of 40 cases and a control group of 38 cases. The treatment group were treated with acupuncture at Zhaohai (KI 6) using reinforcing method and at Shenmai (BL 62) using reducing method, combined with acupuncture at acupoints selected according to syndrome differentiation. The control group were treated with acupuncture at acupoints selected according to syndrome differentiation. Their therapeutic effects were compared. RESULTS: The cured rate and the total effective rate were 62.5% and 97.5% in the treatment group, and 31.6% and 68.4% in the control group, respectively, with significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Acupuncture at Zhaohai (KI 6) and Shenmai (BL 62) has a better therapeutic effect on insomnia.
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