针刺治疗失眠的临床研究进展

Clinical Research Progress of Acupuncture Treatment for Insomnia

失眠是最常见的睡眠障碍类型,各年龄段均可发病,其病情加重可导致患者生活质量下降,且易伴发其他精神疾病。临床上运用针刺疗法治疗失眠安全有效,治疗方法主要包括毫针、电针、水针、耳针、特殊针法以及针刺结合其他疗法;选穴方法主要包括循经取穴、辨证取穴、经验穴、特定穴等。目前针刺治疗失眠在研究内容、方向、观察指标方面仍存在一些问题,未来研究设计应逐步形成规范、统一的随机对照标准,丰富客观观察数据,并开展针对机制、远期疗效的进一步研究。

Insomnia is the most common type of sleep disorder,which can occur at all age brackets.As the disease gets worse,it can seriously reduce the patient′s quality of life,and is easily accompanied by other mental illnesses.Clinically,acupuncture therapy is safe and effective to treat insomnia.The treatment methods mainly include filiform acupuncture,electroacupuncture,hydro-acupuncture,auricular acupuncture,special acupuncture and acupuncture combined with other therapies;the method of selecting acupoints includes selecting acupoints along the meridian,selecting acupoints based on syndrome differentiation,experiential acupoints,and specific acupoints.At present,there are still some problems in the research content,direction and observation indicators of acupuncture treatment of insomnia.The future research design should gradually form a standardized and unified standards based on randomized control studies,and enrich the objective observation data,and carry out further in-depth research on the mechanisms and long-term effects.