"Heterozygous Treatment"Method to Improve the Biased Status of the Damp-Heat Constitution and Symptom Integral:Randomized Controlled Trial

Objective:To observe the clinical effect of"heterozygous treatment"intervening the damp-heat constitution.Method:One hundred and six cases with damp-heat constitution were randomly divided into the observation group and control group,fifty-three cases for each group.Lianpu drink was given to the two groups,and the observation group was treated with scraping,acupuncture,cupping,constitution care and popularization of constitution science for"heterozygous treatment"based on the control group.70 days later,"constitution classification and determination table of traditional Chinese medicine"was used to determine,and statistics was applied to analyze the change of the symptoms of the two groups before and after the intervention.Results:in the observation group,compared to before the intervention,symptoms like dirty and oily complexion,yellow greasy tongue,bitter taste,dullness and scanty dark urine were significantly improved(P<0.05),and improvement of the above symptoms was greater than the control group(P<0.05).Conclusion:There is no significant difference between the two groups(P>0.05).Conclusion:the"heterozygous treatment"method can significantly improve the clinical symptoms of people with damp-heat constitution,with a better role in regulating.

Efficacy observation on Governor Vessel-unblocking and mind-calming acupuncture for insomnia

Objective：To observe the effect of Governor Vessel-unblocking and mind-calming acupuncture on insomnia and further develop the academic idea on Gao＇s lineage acupuncture.Methods：A total of 68 insomnia cases were randomly allocated into an acupuncture group（n=34） and a medication group（n=34） according to their sequences of consultation.Patients in the acupuncture group received acupuncture treatment once a day,5 d a week,for 4 weeks.Patients in the medication group took 1 mg of Estazolam before sleep for each dose,one dose a day,for 4 weeks.Before and after treatment,the sleep quality was evaluated using the Pittsburgh sleep quality index（PSQI）,and the efficacy was assessed using the PSQI reductive rate.Results：After treatment,the global PSQI score and scores of each component in the acupuncture group were significantly decreased（all P〈0.01）.The global PSQI score in the medication group was significantly decreased（P〈0.01）.Except for sleep disturbance,scores of the rest of components were significantly decreased（P〈0.01 or P〈0.05）.The between-group difference was statistically significant in global PSQI score（P〈0.01）.Except for sleep latency and duration,scores of the sleep quality,efficiency,disturbance and daytime dysfunction in the acupuncture group were significantly lower than those in the medication group（all P〈0.05）.In addition,the recovery and marked effect rate in the acupuncture group was significantly higher than that in the medication group（P〈0.05）.Conclusion：The Governor Vessel-unblocking and mind-calming acupuncture is safe,reliable for insomnia and has better efficacy than Estazolam.