TABLE 3.
Summary for the effect of TCT on the sleep disorders.
| Species and disease model | Symptoms | TCT methods | Follow-up time | Impact on sleep disorders[ref] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human, patients In intensive care unit | Depression, anxiety, relaxation and disorders related with sleep and stress | Lavender essential oil | 15 days | Alleviated patients’ stress and improved their sleep quality (Karadag et al., 2017) |
| Huamn, sleep disorders | Insomnia | Thermosensitive moxibustion | 15 days | Improved their sleep quality (Li et al., 2018) |
| Mice, chronic sleep deprivation | Sleep or wakefulness disorder | Traitional medicinal herb (Dendrobium nobile Lindl extract) | 2 weeks | Might be used to prevent and treat sleep or wakefulness disorder (Jiang et al., 2022a) |
| Human, insomnia | Insomnia | Acupuncture | 12 weeks | Might adjust the emotional brain regions in adult insomnia patients, resulting in an improvement in sleep (Jiang et al., 2022b) |
| Human, cancer | Cancer-related fatigue, anxiety, and poor sleep quality | Traditional Chinese medicine exercise therapy (Tai Chi, Ba Duan Jin, the classics of tendon changing, Six Healing Sounds, and Wu Qin Xi) | NA | Strengthened the body and relaxed the mind, which is of significance in promoting sleep disorders (Jiang et al., 2021) |
| Human, insomnia | Insomnia, anxiety, depression | Chinese patent medicine (Xiao Yao San) | NA | Beneficial for improving sleep quality and relieving anxiety (Hu et al., 2021) |
| Human, perimenopausal insomnia | Insomnia | Auricular intradermal needling combined with erjian (HX 6,7i) bloodletting | 4 weeks | Improved the sleep quality of patients with perimenopausal sleep disorders (Meng et al., 2018) |
| Human, insomnia | Insomnia | Auricular Acupuncture | NA | Appeared to be effective for treating insomnia (Bergdahl et al., 2017) |
| Human, nursing home residents with sleep disorders and psychological distress | Poor sleep quality and psychological distress | Acupressure | 1 month | Improved sleep quality, reduces psychological distress (Cho et al., 2013) |
| Human, insomnia | Insomnia | Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation at Auricular Concha | 4 weeks | TaVNS relieved insomnia, alleviated fatigue as well as other concomitant symptoms such as depression and anxiety (Jiao et al., 2020) |