Clinical study on acupuncture plus auricular point sticking for insomnia
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science, 06/21/2010
Sun P–h – All 156 cases were randomized into the observation, acupuncture and Chinese herbal formula groups. Combined acupuncture and ear–points pressure, acupuncture alone and Chinese herbal formula were applied in each group respectively...The total effective rates of the observation, acupuncture and herbal group were 94.2%, 75.0% and 78.8% respectively. This has indicated that combined acupuncture and Auricular Point Sticking could obtain significantly better effect than the acupuncture group and the herbal group. Combined acupuncture and ear–point pressure can obtain a better effect for treatment of insomnia.



