Mongolian Medical Acupuncture Improves Sleep Quality in Patients with Primary Insomnia

Lengge Si; Lidao Bao; Rui Peng; Yuehong Wang; Agula B

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Mongolian Medical Acupuncture Improves Sleep Quality in Patients with Primary Insomnia

Lengge Si, Lidao Bao, Rui Peng, Yuehong Wang, Agula B

Published in American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (Volume 3, Issue 6)

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the therapeutic effects of the Mongolian medical warm needle acupuncture (MMA) in treating patients with primary insomnia. 40 patients with primary insomnia were randomly divided into 2 groups as (1) Control Group, who received automatic neural balance regulation (ANBR), and (2) MMA Group, who received ANBR plus MMA treatment. The MMA treatment was administered to 5 acupuncture points according to traditional Mongolian medicine. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to quantitatively measure patients’ outcome at time 0 (prior to study involvement), time 1 (after 8-week treatment), and time 2 (follow-up examination 4-week post-treatment). Multivariate analyses were conducted using treatment, gender, time, and age as factors and covariates. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was used to evaluate internal homogeneity. MMA significantly reduced PSQI in insomniac patients compared with control (t = 9.59, p < 0.001). Six component scores of the PSQI were internally consistent (Cronbach’s alpha coefficient = 0.89). Out of the 6 components of PSQI, MMA significantly improved subjective sleep quality, sleep latency, and daytime dysfunction. The Mongolian medical warm needle acupuncture combined with automatic neural balance regulation has significant therapeutic effects in treating primary insomnia.

Published in	American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine (Volume 3, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajcem.20150306.19
Page(s)	372-377
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Mongolian Medical Warm Needle Acupuncture, Primary Insomnia, Automatic Neural Balance Regulation

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Lengge Si, Lidao Bao, Rui Peng, Yuehong Wang, Agula B. (2015). Mongolian Medical Acupuncture Improves Sleep Quality in Patients with Primary Insomnia. American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 3(6), 372-377. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajcem.20150306.19

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Lengge Si, Lidao Bao, Rui Peng, Yuehong Wang, Agula B. Mongolian Medical Acupuncture Improves Sleep Quality in Patients with Primary Insomnia. Am J Clin Exp Med. 2015;3(6):372-377. doi: 10.11648/j.ajcem.20150306.19

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Lengge Si

School of Preclinical Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
Lidao Bao

Department of Pharmacy, Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, China
Rui Peng

Department of Pharmacy, Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, China
Yuehong Wang

College of Mongolian Medicine, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, China
Agula B

School of Preclinical Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

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