SONG Xiao-jun, ZHU Yi-hui, WU pei, et al. Acupoint compatibility effect and mechanism of Shenmen (HT7) and Sanyinjiao (SP6) in improving daytime fatigue and sleepiness of insomnia[J]. Acupuncture research, 2022, 47(7): 630-635.
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SONG Xiao-jun, ZHU Yi-hui, WU pei, et al. Acupoint compatibility effect and mechanism of Shenmen (HT7) and Sanyinjiao (SP6) in improving daytime fatigue and sleepiness of insomnia[J]. Acupuncture research, 2022, 47(7): 630-635. DOI: 10.13702/j.1000-0607.20210590.
Acupoint compatibility effect and mechanism of Shenmen (HT7) and Sanyinjiao (SP6) in improving daytime fatigue and sleepiness of insomnia
Objective To observe the acupoint compatibility effect of Shenmen(HT7) and Sanyinjiao(SP6) in improving daytime fatigue and sleepiness of insomnia
and its mechanism in regulating hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal(HPA) axis and suprachiasmatic nucleus-pineal gland-melatonin(SCN-PG-MT) system. Methods Ninety patients with insomnia were randomly divided into HT7
SP6 and HT7-SP6(HT7 plus SP6) groups
with 30 cases in each group. Electroacupuncture(EA
5 Hz/25 Hz) was applied to HT7
SP6 or HT7-SP6 in each group for 30 min. The EA treatment was conducted once daily
5 days a week for 2 weeks. Before and after treatment
the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI) and Epworth Sleepiness Scale(ESS) were observed
separately. The contents of serum adrenocorticotrophic hormone(ACTH)
cortisol(CS) and melatonin(MT) were detected by ELISA. Results Compared with before treatment
the sleep quality
sleep time
sleep efficiency
sleep disturbance
daytime dysfunction scores and total score of PSQI in the three groups after treatment were decreased(P<0.05)
the time to fall asleep score of PSQI and total score of ESS were decreased in the SP6 and HT7-SP6 groups(P<0.05). After treatment
the sleep quality
time to fall asleep
sleep efficiency
daytime dysfunction scores
total score of PSQI and total score of ESS in the HT7-SP6 group were lower than those in the HT7 group(P<0.05)
the sleep quality
sleep efficiency and total score of PSQI in the SP6 group were lower than those in the HT7 group(P<0.05). Compared with before treatment
the serum ACTH and CS levels in the three groups were decreased(P<0.05)
and the serum MT levels in the SP6 and HT7-SP6 groups were increased(P<0.05). After treatment
the ACTH and CS levels in the HT7-SP6 group were lower than those in the HT7 group(P<0.05)
and the serum MT levels in the SP6 and HT7-SP6 groups were higher than that in the HT7 group(P<0.05). Conclusion The compatibility of HT7 and SP6 has a synergism effect on the improvement of night sleep quality and daytime fatigue and sleepiness of insomnia patients
the mechanism may be related with its function in down-regulating the serum ACTH and CS levels and increasing the serum MT content. SP6 has a better effect than HT7
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