Attacks insomnia with acupuncture

• April 19, 2024

Concerned about the disorders that people with problems of dream , researchers from the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) proved 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 stressed that the study on sleep disorders It is relatively new:

"Probably in the mid-twentieth century began to take into account the problems sleep and that's when the sleep medicine , 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 said that between September 2007 and May 2008 a study was carried out with a group of patients suffering from chronic insomnia and primary. 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 causes insomnia, such as depression, some mania, the climacteric in women, neurological diseases and painful pathologies, all basic problems that must be treated to achieve a dream repairman, "he explained.

In favor of Chinese medicine

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

He indicated that once the source of the discomfort was located, the doctor acupuncturist must choose the points that stimulate or regulate the Energy of the organ where the treatment is carried out based on the diagnosis made.

The surgeon said that it is not very difficult to identify the main causes of primary insomnia . They emphasize the excessive worry, the tension of the daily activity, the anxiety , the stress generated by work, long working hours and shift schedules (frequent in the medical profession); all that affects people.

He said that 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 , great worries, excessive physical work, strenuous intellectual activity and inadequate nutrition.

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

"Sleeping less reduces the chances of repairing the body with all the disorders that this can generate: low performance in the workplace and school; loss of interest in social relationships due to exhaustion; bad memory ; lack of concentration; irritability ; erectile dysfunction and deterioration in the quality of life, "he said.

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