A Review of Scalp Acupuncture on Patients with Insomnia -Focusing on Chinese Journals- | Zendy

Chun-Gil Ryu | Zendy; Soo-Jung Kim | Zendy; A-Ram Cho | Zendy; Joo-Hee Seo | Zendy; Seong-Sik Jeong | Zendy; JiSu Lee | Zendy; Woo-Yong Sung | Zendy

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A Review of Scalp Acupuncture on Patients with Insomnia -Focusing on Chinese Journals-

Author(s) -

Chun-Gil Ryu,

Soo-Jung Kim,

A-Ram Cho,

Joo-Hee Seo,

Seong-Sik Jeong,

JiSu Lee,

Woo-Yong Sung

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of oriental neuropsychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2234-4942

pISSN - 1226-6396

DOI - 10.7231/jon.2012.23.1.017

Subject(s) - acupuncture , scalp , medicine , insomnia , alternative medicine , traditional chinese medicine , acupuncture therapy , china , traditional medicine , physical therapy , psychiatry , dermatology , pathology , political science , law

Objectives : The study was designed to evaluate the effects of scalp acupuncture treatment on patients with insomnia in China. Methods : A journal search was performed using China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI) from 1994 to 2011. Key words used within the search were `insomnia` and `scalp acupuncture`. Results : 19 studies were selected. 9 RCTs and 2 case control studies showed that scalp acupuncture therapy reported better results than routine acupuncture, western medicine, and herbal medicine therapy. 8 case reports described a significant improvement in patients with insomnia by scalp acupuncture. Conclusions : There have been many studies regarding scalp acupuncture on patients with insomnia in China and these studies can be applied to clinical practices within Korea.

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