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[Controlled study of needle warming therapy and electroacupuncture on simple obesity of spleen deficiency type]
Yin Shi1, Lin-Shan Zhang, Chen Zhao
1Shanghai Institute of Acupuncture-Moxibustion & Meridian, Shanghai 200030, China. flysy0636@hotmail.com
Objective:
To compare therapeutic effects of needle warming therapy and electroacupuncture on simple obesity with spleen deficiency.
Methods:
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.
Results:
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).
Conclusion:
Needle warming therapy has definite and long-term therapeutic effect on simple obesity with spleen deficiency.
