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Clinical efficacy of auricular acupuncture in treating liver depression and fire type insomnia with depression

Clinical efficacy of auricular acupuncture in treating liver depression and fire type insomnia with depression

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ITMCTR
Registry ID
ITMCTR2025000752
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-04-15
Start date
2025-04-30
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

liver depression and fire type insomnia with depression

Interventions

control subjects:Acupuncture points: chakra 1, chakra 2, chakra 3, chakra 4, taking reference to the "National Standard of the People's Republic of China - Name and Positioning of Ear Acupoints" (GB/T
test group:Acupuncture points: heart, liver, shenmen, subcortex Acupuncture points refer to the "National Standard of the People's Republic of China - Names and Positioning of Auricular Acupuncture Po

Sponsors

Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine,Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age =18 and =65 years old gender is not limited; 2. meet the diagnostic criteria of insomnia in CCMD-3 and the score of Insomnia Severity Index Scale (ISI) is >7 and =21 belonging to mild-moderate insomnia; 3. those with Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) score =14 and =28 belonging to mild-moderate depressed mood; 4. meet the Chinese medicine diagnostic criteria of Liver Depression and Fire type Insomnia with Depression Disease; 5. those who had not taken sedative-hypnotic drugs or antipsychotic drugs in the 3 months before entering the study; 6. Voluntarily participate in this study and sign the informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. those who have received acupuncture and herbal medicine in the last 3 months; 2. patients with sleep disorders with sleep apnea and restless legs syndrome, such as nocturnal limb discomfort, pain or dyspnea (STOP-Bang questionnaire score =3); 3. patients with confirmed diagnosis of depression, patients with previous psychiatric or organic mental disorders, and patients with serious suicidal tendency (suicide risk assessment NGASR > 5 points); 4. patients with combined heart, liver, kidney, hematopoietic system, endocrine system, central system, tuberculosis, tumor and other serious primary diseases and infectious and contagious diseases; 5. Presence of contraindications to auricular acupuncture treatment, such as ear mutilation or ear sensitivity, fear of needles, fear of needles; 6. Women in pregnancy or lactation; 7. Those who have participated or are participating in other clinical trials within the last 3 months. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Beck Depression Inventory - Second Edition;Insomnia Severity Index;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Sleep Efficacy;Sleep Onset Latency;Self-Rating Depression Scale;Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index;Wake Bouts;Total Sleep Time;Traditional Chinese Medicine Symptom Score Scale;Self-rating Anxiety Scale;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactYunfei Chen

Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine,Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

icyf1968@163.com+86 18930568221

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ITMCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026