The research progress of acupuncture for insomnia after stroke
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4246.2016.08.025
- VernacularTitle:脑卒中后失眠的针灸治疗进展
- Author:
Yan CAO
;
Shifen XU
;
Ping YIN
;
Junyi WU
;
Bochang ZHU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Insomnia;
Stroke;
Acupuncture;
Review
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2016;38(8):757-760
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The treatments for insomnia after stroke were various in recent years, including acupuncture with its distinguishing feature. It’s reviewed and summarized that experimental researches on Chinese and English databases about acupuncture treatment of insomnia after stroke in recent 10 years. Clinicians had chosen different acupuncture therapies for insomnia after stroke according to yinyang, zangfu, meridians, opening and closing of qi activity. Although those acupuncture therapies had achieved obvious clinical effects, they were deficient in experimental design and methodology.
