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CC BY 4.0 · Chinese medicine and natural products 2023; 03(02): e75-e80
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1770076
Original Article

Treating Senile Chronic Insomnia with Spirit-Calming and Blood-Nourishing Decoction Combined with Guasha (Scraping) and Acupuncture

Huiya Fu
1   School of Nursing, Philippine Women's University, Manila, Philippines
,
Yinfeng Huang
1   School of Nursing, Philippine Women's University, Manila, Philippines
2   Internal Medicine, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
,
Zhen Wang
3   Elderly Ward 1, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
,
Xiyan Gao
4   Acupuncture and Moxibustion, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
› Author Affiliations Funding This study was funded by the Henan Province Traditional Chinese Medicine Science Research Special Project (2022ZY1097).
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Abstract

Objective To observe the efficacy of treating senile chronic insomnia with spirit-calming and blood-nourishing decoction combined with Guasha (scraping) and acupuncture therapy.

Methods Seventy elderly patients with chronic insomnia were included and numbered by their visiting sequence. They were randomly divided into the control group and the observation group, 35 patients for each. Spirit-calming and blood-nourishing decoction was given to the control group, whereas Guasha (scraping) and acupuncture were applied together with the spirit-calming and blood-nourishing decoction to the observation group. Both groups were treated for 4 weeks before comparing their Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) score and clinic efficacy.

Results PSQI scores of both groups were significantly lowered. Compared with the control group, the differences are statistically significant (p < 0.01). After treatment, the PSQI score of the observation group is (6.80 ± 1.37), whereas that of the control group is (10.83 ± 2.51). PSQI score of the observation group is lower (p < 0.01). The effective rate was 85.7% in the observation group and 62.9% in the control group. Difference of the effective rates of both groups is statistically significant (p < 0.01).

Conclusion Spirit-calming and blood-nourishing decoction combined with Guasha (scraping) and acupuncture is significantly effective in treating senile chronic insomnia. The combined therapy can effectively relieve the symptoms.

Keywords

chronic insomnia - Guasha (scraping) - acupuncture - spirit-calming and blood-nourishing decoction

CRediT Authorship Contribution Statement

H.F.: Conceptualization, data curation, software, and writing original draft. X.G.: Investigation, data curation, project administration, and writing—review and editing. Z.W.: Investigation, software, and methodology. Y.H.: data curation, supervision, and writing—review and editing.




Publication History

Received: 03 November 2022

Accepted: 27 December 2022

Article published online:
28 June 2023

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