Clinical study on the visceral differentiation-based acupuncture therapy for insomnia

Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 270-273

  Ling, Li ^a   Jiang, Xin Mei ^a   Xue, Jin Wei ^b   Wang, Miao ^c   Ke, Rui ^c  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture therapy; Insomnia; Visceral differentiation

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59149103039     PISSN: 02552922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0254-6272(09)60009-1     Document Type: Article

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