Objectives of Study:
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Chronic primary insomnia is a common disease in clinical practice, and the prevalence has been increasing in recent years.Theoretically,the temperature of acupoints in patient with insomnia is higher than that of normal people,and the velocity of intracranial artery will change abnormally,also the fatigue index will increase.Acupuncture has been utilized in insomnia for a long time. As a kind of acupuncture therapy,Sleep three-needle acupuncture has been applied to treat insomnia.However,there is no clinical evidence supporting that it can reduce the temperature of acupoints and improve the velocity of intracranial artery.
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Inclusion criteria
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1 Patients with chronic insomnia:
(1) Meet the diagnostic criteria for chronic insomnia and be able to successfully complete the researcher;
(2) Those aged 18-65 years;
(3) Those who have mastered the research program truthfully and have signed the informed consent;
(4) Those who have not received acupuncture, massage, or drug treatment one month before the start of the study to affect the test results;
(5) Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Scale (PSQI) > 7 points;
(6) Insomnia severity index scale score > 8 points;
(7) Patients with stable disease and good compliance.
2 Healthy people:
(1) Does not meet the diagnostic criteria for chronic insomnia and short-term insomnia;
(2) Those aged 18-65;
(3) Those who have mastered the research program truthfully and have signed the informed consent;
(4) Those who have not received acupuncture, massage, drug treatment, etc. to affect the test results 1 month before inclusion in the study;
(5) Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) <7 points;
(6) The score of insomnia severity index scale is less than 8 points.
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Exclusion criteria:
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1 Patients with chronic insomnia:
(1) breathing-related sleep disorders, circadian rhythm disorders and sleep disorders;
(2) Insomnia caused by drugs (such as drug abuse, drug treatment); sleep disorders caused by long-term excessive drinking, coffee, strong tea and other unhealthy diet and life factors;
(3) Anyone suffering from systemic diseases (such as pain, fever, cough, surgery, etc.) and external environmental disturbances;
(4) pregnant women;
(5) Patients with serious primary diseases, such as cardiovascular, lung, liver, kidney and hematopoietic system, mental diseases;
(6) Those who are unwilling to accept acupuncture for those who have serious skin infections at the treatment site;
(7) Progressive malignant tumor or other serious wasting disease, susceptible to infection and bleeding;
(8) Patients with insomnia due to excessive anxiety and depression.
2 Healthy people:
(1) Anyone suffering from acute illness, systemic illness (such as pain, fever, cough, surgery, etc.) and chronic illness with serious complications;
(2) pregnant women;
(3) Patients with serious primary diseases, such as cardiovascular, lung, liver, kidney and hematopoietic system, mental diseases;
(4) Progressive malignant tumor or other serious wasting diseases, etc.
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