Writer: Xiang Liu, Hechun Luo, Yunkui Jia
Institute of Mental Health, Beijing Medical University
41 in- or out-patients with depression were randomly divided into 2 groups. 20 cases of depression were treated by needling extra-meridian points with an effective rate of 90%; comparison of these cases with 21 controls treated with amitriptyline. Treatment acupoint: Shenting (GV24), Baihui (GV20), Dazhui (GV14), Shenzhu (GV12) of the GV Channel; Danzhong (CV17) Front-Mu Point of the Pericardium and Juque (CV14) Front-Mu Point of the Heart of the CV Channel; Fengchi (GB20), a converging point of the Yangwei and Gallbladder channels, and Neiguan (PC6) Luo-Connecting Point the Eight Confluent Point, a connecting point of the eight Luo channels. For liver stagnation with spleen deficiency, Zusanli (ST36) He-Sea Point, Sanyinjiao (SP6) and Taichong (LR3) Shu-Stream, Yuan-Source Point were selected as adjuvant points; for blood stagnation in liver, Hegu (LI4) Yuan-Source Point, LR3 and Xuehai (SP10) were selected; for deficiency of heart and spleen, Shenmen (HT7) Shu-Stream, Yuan-Primary Point, Daling (PC7) Shu-Stream, Yuan-Source Point, SP6, ST36 were selected; for yang deficiency of spleen and kidney, K3, Taibai(SP3) Shu-Stream, Yuan-Primary Point, SP6, ST36 and Guanyuan (CV4) Front-Mu Point of the SmallIntestine were selected. Electrically stimulation was applied.
Results: The study showed no significant difference in effect. Measured with Hamilton's scale, factors of anxiety, cognitive disturbance and retardation, sleep disturbance and feeling of despair in both the needling and control groups showed obvious decrease in the mean value, and the change in anxiety was markedly significant in the needling group as compared with that in the controls. The total effective rate in the needling group was 90%; in the control group, a total effective rate was 95.2%.
Key Words: Depression, acupuncture
Writer: Xiujuan Yang
Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion,China Academy of Traditional Chinese medicine, Beijing 100700
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