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. 2005 Mar;25(3):151-4.

[Clinical study on needling method for regulating mental activities and soothing liver for treatment of melancholia]

[Article in Chinese]
Yuan-hao Du  1 , Gui-ping Li, Hong Yan, Xin-jun Zhang, Li-fang Huang
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[Clinical study on needling method for regulating mental activities and soothing liver for treatment of melancholia]

[Article in Chinese]
Yuan-hao Du et al. Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2005 Mar.

Abstract

Objective: To observe clinical therapeutic effect of needling method for regulating mental activities and soothing liver on melancholia.

Methods: One hundred and ten cases of depression were selected according to the diagnostic criteria of depression in mood disturbance (emotional and mental disturbance) and randomly divided into a regulating mental activities and soothing liver needling group (n=50), a traditional acupuncture group (n=30) and a prozac treatment group (n=30). Their therapeutic effects were evaluated by Hamilton depression scale, Self-rating depression scale (SDS), psychiatric self-rating scale (SCL-90).

Results: In the regulating mental activities and soothing liver needling group, 34 cases were cured, 10 cases were markedly effective, 4 cases were effective and 1 cases were ineffective, with the cured rate of 69.4% and the total effective rate of 98.0%, which were significantly better than those in the traditional acupuncture group (the cured rate was 48.3% and the total effective rate was 89.7%), and was not significantly different with the prozac treatment group (the cured rate was 64.0% and the total effective rate was 96.0%).

Conclusion: The needling method for regulating mental activities and soothing liver has a better therapeutic effect on depression.

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