[Clinical observation on the regularity of acupuncture-induced body-reduction in excess-heat-type obesity patients ].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the regularity of acupuncture of the Stomach Meridian for excess-heat-type obesity.


METHODS
Fifty-one patients with gastrointestine excess-heat syndrome were randomly divided into treatment group (n = 25) and control group (n = 26) according to the random number table method. Patients of treatment group were treated mainly with acupuncture of acupoints of the Stomach Meridian as bilateral Liangmen (ST 21), Huaroumen (ST 24), Tianshu (ST 25), Wailing (ST 26), etc. and those of control group were treated with acupuncture of Back-Shu and Front-Mu points as bilateral Weishu (BL 21), Dachangshu (BL 25), Xiaochangshu (BL 27), Hegu (LI 4), etc. which were also stimulated electrically with parameters of 40-100 Hz, 3- 10 mA and stimulation duration of 30 mm. The treatment was given once every other day continuously for 3 months. Body weight, body mass index (BMI), waistline and clinical symptoms were recorded before and after each course of the treatment.


RESULTS
After the treatment, of the 25 and 26 cases in treatment and control groups, 5 and 0 were cured, 9 and 7 had marked improvement, 7 and 10 improved, 4 and 9 failed, with the effective rates being 84.00% and 65.38% separately. Compared with control group and pre-treatment of the same group, the waistline, body weight and BMI of treatment group decreased significantly (P < 0.05, 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Acupuncture of acupoints of the Stomach Meridian has a good therapeutic effect in reducing body weight in gastrointestine excess-heat-type obesity patients.
Bai
Ya-Ping
YP
Acu-moxibnstion and Massotherapy Hospital, Zhejiang College of Chinese Medicine, Hangzhoa 310009, China. byp666@sina.com
Fu
Jie-Ying
JY
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D016740:Meridians; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D013270:Stomach / Q000502:physiology; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio