ABSTRACT
The clinical study on acupuncture-moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine has been attracting more and more global attention. With the development of medical pattern, we hold that, to prove the therapeutic efficacy, not only modern clinical research methods should be adopted, but a scientific and standard evaluation method in accord with the features of acupuncture-moxibustion also needs to be developed. We also believe that, in the clinic of acupuncture-moxibustion, disease differentiation treatment and syndrome differentiation treatment share an equal role, as they are relatively independent but mutually unified, together boosting the completion of treatment for a type a disease in a dynamic variation process.
ABSTRACT
Objective: To observe the clinical effects of simple obesity treated with abdomen acupuncture. Methods: Sixty patients with simple obesity were allocated to abdomen acupuncture group and body acupuncture group based on the randomized and controlled principle, 30 patients in each group. Fifteen treatments made up one course. The cases were treated for 2 courses. The clinical effects were evaluated by body mass index (BMI) and the declining of body height. Result: The change of BMI and clinical effects were of no significant difference between two groups after 1 course, but there were significant differences after two courses. Conclusion: The clinical effect of abdomen acupuncture treating simple obesity is better, and the effect is persistent and stable.
