Warm needling moxibustion versus electroacupuncture for simple obesity due to yang deficiency of the spleen and kidney: a controlled clinical trial
| Autor: | Yin-hua Song, Xiao-yan Chu, Jin-lei Ding, Yong-bao Luo, Xing-hong Bing, Duan Xidong, Tian-feng He, Li-yan Zhou, Yin Shi, Tao Shanping |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Dry needling
medicine.medical_specialty Electroacupuncture business.industry medicine.medical_treatment 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology Moxibustion Zusanli Gastroenterology 030205 complementary & alternative medicine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Complementary and alternative medicine Weight loss Statistical significance Internal medicine 021105 building & construction medicine Acupuncture medicine.symptom business Body mass index |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science. 17:258-263 |
| ISSN: | 1993-0399 1672-3597 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11726-019-1125-8 |
| Popis: | To compare the therapeutic efficacy between warm needling moxibustion and electroacupuncture (EA) in the treatment of simple obesity due to yang deficiency of the spleen and kidney. Seventy patients with simple obesity due to yang deficiency of the spleen and kidney were randomly divided into a warm needling moxibustion group and an EA group, with 35 subjects in each group. Same major acupoints were selected for the two groups, including Shuifen (CV 9), Guanyuan (CV 4), Daheng (SP 15), Shuidao (ST 28), Shousanli (LI 10), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6) and Taixi (KI 3). The warm needling moxibustion group received warm needling moxibustion, while the EA group received EA treatment. The interventions were performed once every other day, with 15 treatments as one course. The therapeutic efficacy, body weight and body mass index (BMI) were then observed and compared. The total effective rate in the warm needling moxibustion group was 85.7% versus 77.1% in the EA group, and the between-group difference was statistically significant (P |
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