Tag Archives: Acupuncture

Acupuncture Proves Efficient as Methodology to Enhance Sleep Quality for Publish-Stroke Insomnia

In a randomized controlled trial (ChiCTR-IIC-16008382), 144 ischemic stroke patients with insomnia were enrolled to assess acupuncture as a treatment for their insomnia, with results showing success towards the improvement of their sleep health.1 Those randomly assigned to the verum acupuncture group (n = 72) had significantly greater improvements in sleep quality in comparison with […]

A number of Acupuncture Therapies Enhance Sleep Quality Scores in Major Insomnia

Multiple acupuncture therapies, especially acupoints catgut embedding (ACE), auricular acupuncture plus manual acupuncture (AP + MA), and electroacupuncture plus acupoint application (EA + APA) may benefit patients with primary insomnia (PI), a recent meta-analysis suggests.1 With moderate to low certainty of evidence, investigators found better effects on Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scores for acupuncture-treated […]