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Gong YL, Zhang YB, Han C, et al. [Clinical observation on therapeutic effect of the pressing plantar reflex area with wooden needle for treatment of patients with insomnia]. Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2009;29(11):935-7
Gong, Y. L., Zhang, Y. B., Han, C., Jiang, Y. Y., Li, Y., Chen, S. C., & Liu, Z. Y. (2009). [Clinical observation on therapeutic effect of the pressing plantar reflex area with wooden needle for treatment of patients with insomnia]. Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion, 29(11), 935-7.
Gong, Yu-ling, et al. "[Clinical observation on therapeutic effect of the pressing plantar reflex area with wooden needle for treatment of patients with insomnia]." Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion vol. 29,11 (2009): 935-7.
Gong YL, Zhang YB, Han C, Jiang YY, Li Y, Chen SC, Liu ZY. [Clinical observation on therapeutic effect of the pressing plantar reflex area with wooden needle for treatment of patients with insomnia]. Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2009 Nov;29(11):935-7. Chinese. PMID: 19994698.
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Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2009 Nov;29(11):935-7.

[Clinical observation on therapeutic effect of the pressing plantar reflex area with wooden needle for treatment of patients with insomnia].

Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion

[Article in Chinese]
Yu-ling Gong, Yan-bo Zhang, Chang Han, Ying-yong Jiang, Yuan Li, Shi-chang Chen, Zeng-yu Liu

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  1. Wulongbei Sanatorium, No. 230 Hospital of Shenyang Military Region, Dandong 118005, China. [email protected]

PMID: 19994698

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the therapeutic effect of wooden needle on the patients with insomnia.

METHODS: One hundred and twenty patients with insomnia were randomly divided into a wooden needle group and a western medicine group, 60 cases in each group. In the wooden needle group, the patients were treated with wooden needle to press the plantar reflex areas, such as cerebellar, throid and cerebral areas. In the western medicine group, Alprazolam was taken orally. Before and after treatment, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to evaluate the therapeutic effect of both groups.

RESULTS: The total therapeutic effect was 100.0% in the wooden needle group, while it was 90.7% in the western medicine group, there was no significant difference between the two groups (P > 0.05). Compared with PSQI before and after treatment, there was difference in the both groups (All P < 0.01), but there was no difference between the two groups (P > 0.05).

CONCLUSION: The therapeutic effect of wooden needle is similar to that of Alprazolam on the insomnia, indicats that wooden needle is a better therapy for treating insomnia.

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