Combined electroacupuncture and auricular acupuncture
for primary insomnia: a randomised controlled trial of dose-response
effect
KF Chung1, WF Yeung2, BYM Yu2,
SP Zhang3, ZJ Zhang2
1 Department of Psychiatry, The
University of Hong Kong
2 School of Chinese Medicine, The
University of Hong Kong
3 School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong
Baptist University
1. Acupuncture alone and a combination of
acupuncture and auricular acupuncture were well-tolerated and better than
the waiting list for the treatment of insomnia.
2. Acupuncture alone and combination treatment both produced durable effects on sleep, anxiety, and depressive symptoms, and improved daytime functioning up to at least 13 weeks after treatment.
3. Augmentation of acupuncture by auricular acupuncture to enhance efficacy was not supported.
4. Future head-to-head comparisons between Chinese medicine treatments and conventional therapies for insomnia are required.
2. Acupuncture alone and combination treatment both produced durable effects on sleep, anxiety, and depressive symptoms, and improved daytime functioning up to at least 13 weeks after treatment.
3. Augmentation of acupuncture by auricular acupuncture to enhance efficacy was not supported.
4. Future head-to-head comparisons between Chinese medicine treatments and conventional therapies for insomnia are required.