Clinical Observation On Treatment of Depression with Plum-blossom Needling
- VernacularTitle:梅花针叩刺法治疗抑郁症临床观察
- Author:
Zhiwei ZHANG
;
Ning DENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Depression;
Plum-blossom needling;
Tapping
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2008;30(3):213-214
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe clinical therapeutic effect of treating depression with plum-blossom needling.Methods A total of 80 cases were randomly divided into a acupuncture treatment group and a medicinal control group,with 40 cases in each group. The treatment group was treated with plum-blossom needling, and the control group was treated with oral administration of Citalopram. Results The effective rate in the acupuncture treatment group was 87.5%, which was better than 72.5% in the medicinal control group (P＜0.05). Conclusion The treatment of Plum-blossom needling is better than medicinal control therapy on depression, which is safe and with no side effects.
