App lication on combination of traditional Chinesemedicine foot bath and foot acupointmassage in the treatment of insomnia patients with stagnation of liver fire type
LIU Li-hua XIAO Dan
Department of Cardiology,the Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Nanchang 330006,China
Abstract:Objective To observe the effect of application on combination of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine)foot bath and foot acupointmassage in treatment of insomnia patients with stagnation of liver fire type.Methods 125 patients with stagnation of liver fire type treated in the hospital from January 2013 to December 2015 were selected as the subjects of this research and were randomly divided into experiment group(75 cases)and control group(50 cases). The control group was simply treated with hot feet bath;while,the experiment group was administered with combination of TCM foot bath and foot acupointmassage.The Pittsburgh sleep quality index and curative effect of two groups postoperatively were observed.Results After treatment,the total efficiency of experiment group(93.33%)was higher than that of control group(70.00%),with statistical difference(P<0.05).The sleep quality of experiment group was improved more obviously,with significantly decreased sleep quality index scores and total scores in contrast with control group (P<0.05).Conclusion Application of traditional Chinese medicine foot bath and foot acupointmassage can effectively improve the quality of sleep in insomnia patientswith of stagnation of liver fire type.
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LIU Li-hua;XIAO Dan. App lication on combination of traditional Chinesemedicine foot bath and foot acupointmassage in the treatment of insomnia patients with stagnation of liver fire type. 中国当代医药, 2016, 23(27): 140-142.
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