Controlled study of needle warming therapy and electroacupuncture on simple obesity of spleen deficiency type / 中国针灸
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
;
(12): 465-467, 2005.
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em Chinês
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To compare therapeutic effects of needle warming therapy and electroacupuncture on simple obesity with spleen deficiency.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Sixty-eight cases of simple obesity with spleen deficiency, including water-dampness retention due to spleen deficiency, qi-deficiency of the lung and spleen, yang-deficiency of the spleen and kidney, were randomly divided into a needle warming therapy group (n = 36) and an electroacupuncture group (n = 32). Zhongwan(CV 12), Shuifen (CV 9), Qihai (CV 6), Zhongji (CV 3), Tianshu (ST 25), Shuidao (ST 28), and so on were selected as main acupoints in the both groups. Their therapeutic effects and body mass indexes were observed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total effective rate was 88.9% in the needle warming therapy group and 71.9% in the electroacupuncture group with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05); and there was a significant difference between the two groups in decrease of body mass index (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Needle warming therapy has definite and long-term therapeutic effect on simple obesity with spleen deficiency.</p>
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Baço
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Terapêutica
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Pontos de Acupuntura
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Eletroacupuntura
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Agulhas
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Obesidade
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Humanos
Idioma:
Chinês
Revista:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
Ano de publicação:
2005
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