Title |
Effects of acupuncture treatment on depression insomnia: a study protocol of a multicenter randomized controlled trial
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Published in |
Trials, January 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1745-6215-14-2 |
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Authors |
Yuan-Fang Chen, Jian-Hua Liu, Neng-Gui Xu, Zhao-Hui Liang, Zhen-Hua Xu, Shu-Jun Xu, Wen-Bin Fu |
Abstract |
More than 70% of patients with depression who see their doctors experience insomnia. Insomnia treatment is a very important link for depression treatment. Furthermore, antidepression treatment is also important for depression insomnia. In acupuncture, LU-7 (Lie Que) and KID-6 (Zhao Hai), which are two of the eight confluence points in meridian theory, are used as main points. An embedded needle technique is used, alternately, at two groups of points to consolidate the treatment effect. These two groups of points are BL-15 (Xin Shu) with BL-23 (Shen Shu) and BL-19 (Dan Shu) with N-HN-54 (An Mian). The effectiveness of these optimized acupuncture formulas is well proven in the practice by our senior acupuncturists in Guangdong Provincial Hospital of TCM. This study has been designed to examine whether this set of optimized clinical formulas is able to increase the clinical efficacy of depression insomnia treatment. |
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