Acupuncture against insomnia

• April 29, 2024

Researchers from the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) confirmed the effectiveness of applying the acupuncture as an alternative to treat the insomnia that a third of the Mexican population suffers.

In this regard, the surgeon Luis Fernando Torres Tascón He stressed that the study on sleep disorders It is relatively new:

"Probably in the mid-twentieth century began to be taken into account the sleep problems and that is when the sleep medicine comes, which has grown rapidly due to the serious repercussions of the insomnia in the physical, mental and emotional functioning of those affected, "he said.

Torres Tascón noted that between September 2007 and May 2008, a study was conducted with a group of patients suffering from chronic and primary insomnia. They suffered at least three times a week and it affected their quality of life both in the workplace and socially:

"When we say that patients have a primary condition means that there should be no underlying cause that generates the insomnia , how can it be depression , some hobbies, the climacteric in women, neurological diseases and painful pathologies, all basic problems that must be treated to achieve a dream repairman".

Diagnosis with Chinese medicine

During the investigation, the polytechnic specialist, proposed making the diagnoses based on the Chinese medicine , which classifies diseases by excess energy in what is known as Yang (associated with action, movement and heat), and by deficiency of energy, which would be Yin (related to the stillness, relaxation and cold), in a certain organ.

He indicated that once the origin of the discomfort is located, the acupuncturist doctor should choose the points that stimulate or regulate the energy of the organ where the treatment is carried out based on the diagnosis made:

"It is important to clarify that some people who suffer insomnia They respond much better than others. The insomnia that were provoked in people by excess of eneregía, responded immediately to the treatment; It is easier to disperse the energy than to restore it when there is a deficiency, "he added.

The study allowed to know that the insomnia It originates mainly in the emotional or affective part of each individual due to constant situations of stress .

He explained that before applying the treatment, patients answered a test called Oviedo Quality of Sleep Questionnaire (COS). It consists of three sections: the subjective quality of sleep, the insomnia and hypersomnia alterations or excess sleep.

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