Clinical Study Of Acupoints Catgut Implantation For Simple Obesity

Obesity is a pathological state that the body fat overacummulates 20% than the average.Those occurred not after confirmed endocrinopathy is named as simply obesity.Many researches in traditional Chinese medicine have been done before those effective methods were summarized in recent years.Among those methods,acupoints catgut implantation is one of the focus.Objective:This subject is to prove the validity,security and propagability of acupoints catgut-embedding therapy,and provide the proof based on evidence for the treatment of obesity by forward looking randomly control test research.Method:The diagnostic criteria is based on the International Chinese Workgroup on Obesity in 2001.60 cases were divided into two group randomly, and there were 30-case in treat group,30-case in control group.The main acupoints include Zhongwan,Guangyuan,Zusanli,Tianshu.Others were selected based on differention of symptoms and signs.The cases of treat group took the acupoints catgut implantation every two weeks;the cases of control group took the electrical acupuncture three times each week.Evaluate the total efficiency after 12 weeks.Result:After the treating courses,in treat group,there were 21-case cured,3-case significantly improved,2-case in effect,4-case non-effective among 30-case,and the total effective rate was 86.67%.In control group,there were 23-case cured,2-case significantly improved,2-case in effect,3-case non-effective among 30-case,and the total effective rate was 90.00%.There were no significant difference between the two groups(p＞0.05).Those obesity index such as body weight,body mass index(BMI),waist and hip line,waist hip rate(WHR)decreased significantly after the courses of treatment at the same degree.The syndrome integral of two groups decreased after the treatment,and the treat group decreased obviously(p＜0.01). Conclusion:Acupoints catgut implantation possess definite curative effect in the treatment of obesity,and it is a sort of effective.By comparation, this method is more simple,time-saving,economic,has less pain.