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Body acupoints best for insomnia
Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders
Body, auricular and abdominal acupuncture all lead to improved symptoms for insomnia patients, with body and ear protocols being most effective ...
Acupuncture can improve sleep quality in the elderly
Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders
Brazilian clinicians report that acupuncture is effective for improving sleep quality and psychological distress in elderly patients with sleep problems ...
Acupuncture better than drugs for insomnia
Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders
A Chinese study suggests that acupuncture compares favourably with benzodiazepine drugs for improving sleep quality and daytime functioning in insomnia patients. A total of 180 patients with primary insomnia were randomly assigned to one of three groups. The verum group received verum acupuncture and a placebo drug; the estazolam group received the drug estazolam and sham acupuncture; and the sham ...
Acupuncture reduces anxiety and improves memory
Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders, Psychological / emotional
Acupuncture can improve memory and reduce anxiety, according to a study from China. Ninety undergraduate university students were assessed for state and trait anxiety before either receiving acupuncture or lying on a treatment table for 20 minutes without needle insertion. All participants then completed the state anxiety (SA) questionnaire again, after which they undertook a computerised test of ...
Acupuncture improves sleep apnoea
Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders, Respiratory disorders
Brazilian researchers have shown in a pilot study that acupuncture can improve the sleep pattern of patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). Forty patients were randomly allocated to manual acupuncture (MA) treatment, 10 Hz electroacupuncture (EA) treatment, 2 Hz EA treatment, or a no-treatment control group. Apnoea scores and number of nocturnal respiratory events decreased significantly in ...
TAI CHI HELPS SENIORS SLEEP
Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders, Tai chi
Practising tai chi chih (TCC), a Westernized version of tai chi, has been shown to promote sleep quality in older adults with moderate sleep complaints. In the US study, 112 healthy adults, age range 59 to 86, were randomly assigned to one of two groups for a 25-week period: one group practised 20 simple TCC moves, the other participated in health education classes that included advice on stress m ...
SHENMEN HE-7 AND SLEEP PATTERNS
Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders
A French study has shown that stimulating Shenmen HE-7 in healthy patients by fixing Polyether Block Amides; Isocones bilaterally to the points decreased wakefulness and increased non-REM sleep and thus total sleep time. (Buguet, A., Sartre, M., Kerneau, J. Neurophysiologie Clinique, 1995; 25(2): 78-83).
AURICULAR THERAPY PROMOTES SLEEP
Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders
A study carried out by researchers from Hong Kong Polytechnic University's School of Nursing and Hong Kong Baptists University has found that auricular therapy using magnetic pearls is the most effective in promoting sleep in older people. 120 participants over the age of 60 were randomly allocated to receive auricular therapy using either Deng Xin Cao (Medulla Junci Effusi), Wang Bu Liu Xing (Sem ...
ACUPUNCTURE, INSOMNIA & MELATONIN
Categories: Insomnia/sleep disorders
In a study of 18 anxious subjects, five weeks of acupuncture treatment was associated with significant improvements in a variety of sleep determinants (polysomnographic measures of sleep onset latency, arousal index, total sleep time and sleep efficiency), reduction in anxiety and nocturnal increase in endogenous melatonin secretion. (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2004 Winter;16(1):19-28).
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