Auricular acupoint therapy for primary insomnia: a multicenter randomized controlled trial

INTERVENTION: Treatment Group:Auricular Acupoint Bloodletting plus Auricular Acupressure;Control Group:Consolatory Auricular Acupoint Bloodletting plus Auricular Acupressure; CONDITION: primary insomnia PRIMARY OUTCOME: the response rate at week 4 after randomization; SECONDARY OUTCOME: sleep rate;Pittsburg Sleep Quality Inde Xscore;Self‐Rating Anxiety Scale score;Self‐Rating Anxiety Scale score;World Health Organization Quality of Life BREF score;Insomnia Severity Inde Xscore; INCLUSION CRITERIA: ? Meets the diagnostic criteria for the DSM‐5. ?Aged 18‐65 years, regardless of gender; ?The Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index(PSQI) total score was more than 7 points and the Insomnia Severity Inde X(ISI) score was more than 8 points but less than 21 points. ?No sedative‐hypnotic drug therapy, psychotherapy, or auricular therapy were received within 2 weeks before enrollment; ?The patients were informed of the study and signed the informed consent, as well as they were willing to accept follow‐up after the end of the study.