Objective: To summarize the
clinical study on
acupuncture treatment of
hyperlipidemia for figuring out the existing issues and guiding the
future study.
Methods: Obtained by searching the scientific and technological journals database with
computer , the relevant
literature on
acupuncture treatment of
hyperlipidemia in the recent ten years is summarized and analyzed. Results and
Conclusion: Forty-two pieces of the articles in conformity to the criteria of recruitment mainly refer to
acupuncture ,
moxibustion , and simultaneous application of
acupuncture and
moxibustion ,
catgut -embedding
method of the
acupoints , external application of
herbal products on the
acupoints , and
acupoint -injecting
method , mostly by the
acupoints of the
Spleen and
Stomach Meridians . But, the
methods to select the
acupoints by pattern identification, the application of the
needling techniques and design of the test plans need to be further amended.