Yang Fu-xia
Department of Acupuncture and Massage, Fujian College of TCM, Fuzhou, China.
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2005 Apr;25(4):237-9.
To explore clinical mechanisms of acupoint catgut embedding for treatment of simple obesity.
Thirty-two cases of simple obesity were treated by acupoint catgut embedding and acupoints were selected based on differentiation of symptoms and signs. After treatment for 1 or 2 therapeutic courses, the clinical therapeutic effect and changes of the body weight, obesity degree, body mass index, circumferences of the chest, lumbus and buttock. and blood lipids and blood glucose were investigated.
After one course the total effective rate was 84.4% and after 2 courses it was 90.0%. After the treatment, the various indexes all changed significantly, the longer the treatment time, the better the therapeutic effect.
Acupoint catgut embedding has a satisfactory therapeutic effect on obesity, with advantages of simple manipulation and saving time.
探讨穴位埋线治疗单纯性肥胖症的临床机制。
对32例单纯性肥胖症患者采用穴位埋线治疗，根据辨证选穴。治疗1或2个疗程后，观察临床疗效及体重、肥胖度、体重指数、胸围、腰围、臀围以及血脂和血糖的变化。
1个疗程后总有效率为84.4%，2个疗程后为90.0%。治疗后各项指标均有明显变化，治疗时间越长，疗效越好。
穴位埋线治疗肥胖症疗效满意，具有操作简便、省时等优点。
