[Comparison and analysis of therapeutic effects of different therapies on simple obesity].
OBJECTIVE
To search for the best therapy for simple obesity.


METHODS
Eighty cases were randomly divided into 3 groups. The body acupuncture group were treated based on the syndrome of heat of stomach and intestine, syndrome of spleen deficiency and stagnation of dampness, and syndrome of spleen and kidney yang-deficiency; the auricular and body acupuncture group were treated by the syndrome treatment of body acupuncture combined with auricular point sticking; the observation group were treated by the combined auricular and body acupuncture treatment plus moving cupping on back-shu points. Body weight, BMI, body fatd, blood lipids and clinically main symptoms before and after treatment were investigated.


RESULTS
The total effective rate was 69.6% in the body acupuncture group, 76.0%. in the auricular and body acupuncture group, and 90.6% treated in the observation group, with significant differences in the therapeutic effect, clinically main symptoms, external indexes of obesity and kidney ang-blood lipid metabolism between the observation group and the body acupuncture group. The various indexes in the auricular and body acupuncture group were superior to those iwere tthe body acupuncture group, with no significant differences in most indexes.


CONCLUSIONS
Auricular and body acupuncture combined with moving cupping at back-shu points has obvious therapeutic effect on simple obesity and this is a better therapy for simple obesity.
Bu
Tong-wen
TW
tongwen69@tom.com
Tian
Xin-le
XL
Wang
Shao-jin
SJ
Liu
Wei
W
Li
Xiao-lin
XL
Tan
Yu-hua
YH
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D020831:Acupuncture, Ear / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*
D008078:Cholesterol, LDL