The short-term therapeutic effect of the three-part massotherapy for insomnia due to deficiency of both the heart and the spleen--a report of 100 cases

• Published in: Journal of traditional Chinese medicine Vol. 27; no. 4; p. 261
• Main Authors: Zhou, Yunfeng, Wei, Yulong, Zhang, Pulin, Gao, Shan, Ning, Guoli, Zhang, Zhenqiang, Hu, Bin, Wang, Danyi, Yan, Meirong, Liu, Wenjun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China 01.12.2007
• Subjects: Adult; Combined Modality Therapy; Drugs, Chinese Herbal - administration & dosage; Female; Heart - drug effects; Heart - physiopathology; Humans; Male; Massage; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; Middle Aged; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - drug therapy; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - physiopathology; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - therapy; Spleen - drug effects; Spleen - physiopathology
• ISSN: 0255-2922

To evaluate the short-term therapeutic effect of the three-part massotherapy on insomnia due to deficiency of both the heart and spleen. Two hundred cases were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group, each consisting of 100 cases. Patients in the treatment group were treated with the three-part massotherapy, while those in the control group with oral administration of Guipi Wan (Pill for Invigorating the Spleen and Nourishing the Heart). The total clinical therapeutic effects, the total scores of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), and Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) of the treatment group were compared with those of the control group. After the treatment, the total therapeutic effects, PSQI, SAS, and SDS of the two groups all showed significant improvement (P<0.01), and the scores of the treatment group were superior to those of the control group (P<0.01). The three-part massotherapy has definite therapeutic effects on insomnia due to deficiency of both the heart and the spleen, which is safe and easy to operate, and worthy of popularization.