title: Acupuncture treatment of simple obesity.
abstract: In order to investigate the therapeutic effects of ear acupuncture, body acupuncture and the combined use of the two in the treatment of simple obesity, 195 cases of obesity were divided into three groups, in which different reinforcing and reducing methods were applied according to their symptoms and signs. The effects of body acupuncture and body plus ear acupuncture were obviously superior to that of ear acupuncture, and the combined use of ear acupuncture and body acupuncture was better than that of simple body acupuncture.
authors.affiliation: PLA General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210002 China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Qunli
authors.forename: Liu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhicheng
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods; D020831:Acupuncture, Ear; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*