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Clinical Observation of Facial Acupuncture for Insomnia
Sponsor: Pei Yuan
Summary
Insomnia is one of the most common mental disorders and has shown an upward trend in recent years. The commonly used western medicine treatment methods are easy produce drug-related adverse reactions, and there are problems such as the decline of efficacy and the production of drug dependence after long-term medication. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of insomnia on syndrome differentiation. In this study, taking the common heart and spleen deficiency syndrome and liver depression transforming into fire syndrome as examples, based on the theory of zangfu andingluo, we explored the selection of acupoints for acupuncture treatment of insomnia and conducted clinical efficacy observation. Combined with the analysis of the changes of Pittsburgh Quality Index, Hamilton Anxiety Scale, Traditional Chinese Medicine Syndrome Efficacy Rating, Infrared Thermal Image Acquisition, Forehead Adhesive Sleep Recorder and other data, the acupuncture treatment of insomnia patients was expounded.
Official title: Clinical Observation of Facial Acupuncture for Insomnia Based on Zangfu Meridian Theory
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
16 Years - 30 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
82
Start Date
2026-01-20
Completion Date
2026-06-20
Last Updated
2026-02-02
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
facial acupuncture
Acupuncture at specific points, each time leaving the needle for 30 minutes, twice a week, for four weeks.
facial scraping
Scrape the specific areas of the face, each time for 15-20 minutes, twice a week, with an interval of at least 2, for 4 weeks continuously, a total of 8 times.