Research Article

The Pilot Survey of the Perception on the Practice Pattern, Diagnosis, and Treatment on Korean Medicine Insomnia: Focusing on the Difference between Korean Medical Neuropsychiatry Specialists and Korean Medical General Practitioners

Table 8

The herbal medicine decoction used for severe insomnia as a first choice and the difference between KMGP and KMNPS.

CategoryTotal ()KMGP ()KMNPS ()

Guipi Decoction176 (49.2%)150 (49.2%)26 (49.1%).000.987
Renshu powder26 (7.3%)21 (6.9%)5 (9.4%).436.509
Tianwang Buxin pill69 (19.3%)48 (15.7%)21 (39.6%)16.556.000
Wendan decoction176 (49.2%)148 (48.5%)28 (52.8%).335.563
Qingxin Lianzi decoction60 (16.8%)48 (15.7%)12 (22.6%)1.543.214
Guizhi Jia Longgu Muli decoction53 (14.8%)45 (14.8%)8 (15.1%).004.949
Yokgansan52 (14.5%)35 (11.5%)17 (32.1%)15.434.000
Si-wu Anshen decoction35 (9.8%)26 (8.5%)9 (17.0%)3.661.056
Buxue Anshen decoction13 (3.6%)7 (2.3%)6 (11.3%)10.511.001
Yangxin decoction19 (5.3%)16 (5.2%)3 (5.7%).015.901
Qutan decoction4 (1.1%)3 (1.0%)1 (1.9%).333.564
Suanzaoren decoction97 (27.1%)79 (25.9%)18 (34.0%)1.485.223
Ganmaidazao decoction32 (8.9%)23 (7.5%)9 (17.0%)4.944.026
Chaihu Jia Longgu Muli decoction91 (25.4%)65 (21.3%)26 (49.1%)18.335.000
Xiaoyao powder99 (27.7%)83 (27.2%)16 (30.2%).200.655
Hwanglianjiedu decoction43 (12.0%)31 (10.2%)12 (22.6%)6.652.010
Xiangsha Yangwei decoction10 (2.8%)8 (2.6%)2 (3.8%).391.822
Xiangfuzi Ba-wu decoction14 (3.9%)12 (3.9%)2 (3.8%).003.956
Er ShenJiao Ji Dan1 (.3%)1 (.3%)0 (0.0%).174.676
Qingxin Daotan decoction9 (2.5%)8 (2.6%)1 (1.9%).100.752
Not taking19 (5.3%)18 (5.9%)1 (1.9%)1.448.229
Other47 (13.1%)40 (13.1%)7 (13.2%).000.985

KMGP: Korean medical general practitioner, KMNPS: Korean medical neuropsychiatry specialist.