Electroacupuncture for Primary Insomnia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Abstract

We found a slight advantage of electroacupuncture over placebo acupuncture in the short-term treatment of primary insomnia. Because of some limitations of the current study, further studies are necessary to verify the effectiveness of acupuncture for insomnia.

Electroacupuncture in Treating Residual Insomnia Associated With Depression: Lessons Learned

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Efficacy of acupuncture for primary insomnia: a randomized controlled clinical trial

“…The results of our trial can be compared with those obtained in [41], which compared electroacupuncture with placebo acupuncture. Compared with noninvasive placebo acupuncture, electroacupuncture showed statistically significant improvements in SE in their study.…”

Electroacupuncture decreases the urinary bladder pressure in patients with acute gastrointestinal injury

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