摘要
Abstract
Objective:To Observe the therapeutic effect of Nourishing yin, clearing heat and eliminating phlegm on chronic insomnia by comparison with western medicine. Methods:80 Cases of insomnia patients with yin deficiency and phlegm -fire were randomized into treatment group and control group,40 in each. The treatment group was administered the Decoction based on the principle of nourishing yin,clearing heat and eliminating phlegm,while the control group was administered 1 mg of Estazolam each night before sleeping. The treatment courses was 4 weeks in all. TCM symptoms and Pittsburg' s sleep quality index before and after treatment were evaluated for comparison. Results:The total effective rate in the treatment group and the control group was respectively 77.5％ and 52.5％ with significant differences ( P ＜ 0. 05 ). At the end of the course, In the treatment group there were significant improvement in the total scores of PSQI and 6 sub -items, i. e. sleep quality, falling asleep time, sleep time, sleep efficiency, sleep disorder, daytime disfunction (P ＜0.05 or P ＜0. 0l ). In the control group there were significant improvement in the total scores of PSQI and 3 sub - items,i. e. falling asleep time, sleep time, sleep efficiency (P ＜ 0. 05 ). Bettern the two groups after treatment there were significant differences in the total scores of PSQI and sleep quality ( P ＜ 0.05 ). Conclusion: The effective of heat - clearing and phlegm - eliminating to treat patients with chronic insomnia for yin -asthenia is significant.关键词
失眠/滋阴清热化痰/阴虚痰热Key words
insomnia/ nourishing yin, clearing hyeat and eliminating phlegm/ yin - deficiency and phlegm - fire分类
医药卫生
