[Acupuncture combined with bamboo-based medicinal moxibustion for chronic insomnia complicated with mild depressive state: a randomized controlled trial].

Acupuncture combined with bamboo-based medicinal moxibustion has definite efficacy in the treatment of chronic insomnia complicated with mild depressive state, and has synergistic efficacy in improving sleep quality, sleep duration, daytime dysfunction and depressive state, its action mechanism may be related to the increase of serum level of GABA.