Research
on Acupuncture for Weight Loss
The following acupuncture studies
have been compiled by Eastern Healing Center for your reference.
1. Acupuncture therapy of
constitution-exogenous obesity in children, May 1993, Gadzhiev A.A.,
Mugarab-Samedi V.V., Isaev I.I., Rafieva S.K., Probl Endokrinol.
Overview: Electroacupuncture
was found to have a beneficial effect on various pathogenetic components of this
patient population, which was confirmed by cessation of subjective complaints,
body mass reduction and decrease of fatty tissue content, increased performance
abilities, recovery of cardiovascular function, and normalization of blood serum
lipids.
Conclusion: The data recommends
acupuncture for comprehensive treatment of children with constitutional exogenic
obesity.
2. Effect of acupuncture on weight
loss evaluated by adrenal function, September 1993, Liu Z., Sun F., Li J., Wang
Y.,
Hu K., Nanjing College of TCM.
Objective: In order to
understand the relationship between patients' adrenal function and simple
obesity and effect of acupuncture on it, the obesity indices, lipid indices,
fasting blood-glucose, noradrenaline, dopamine, adrenalin and cortisol were
observed.
Conclusion: The results
indicated that patients with simple obesity had hypofunction of the
sympathetic-adrenal system and the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal system.
Acupuncture treatment not only affected weight loss but also enhanced
functioning of the two systems, suggesting that the effect of acupuncture on
weight loss may be produced by enhancing the functions of both the
sympathetic-adrenal system and the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal system.
3. Overeating: Treatment of
Obesity and Anxiety by Auricular Acupuncture, an Analysis of 800 Cases, November
1996, A. Apostolopoulos, M. Karavi, Acupuncture in Medicine.
Objective: To describe the
efficacy of acupuncture in the management of obesity when administered in
conjunction with a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity.
Conclusion: The control of
overeating and anxiety using auricular acupuncture at the stomach and Shenmen
points in this audit has been beneficial. Its correct use in an integrated
obesity control programme may prove of significant long term help.
4. Stimulation of auricular
acupuncture points in weight loss, July 1998, Richards D., Marley J., Department
of General Practice, University of Adelaide, South Australia.
Objective: Acupuncture
stimulates the auricular branch of the vagal nerve and raises serotonin levels,
both of which have been shown to increase tone in the smooth muscle of the
stomach, thus suppressing appetite. The aim of this study was to determine the
effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation of specific
auricular acupuncture points on appetite suppression.
Conclusion: Frequent
stimulation of specific auricular acupuncture points is an effective method of
appetite suppression which leads to weight loss.
5. The time-effect relationship of
central action in acupuncture treatment for weight reduction, March 2000, Zhao M., Liu
Z., Su J., Second Clinical College of Nanjing University of Traditional
Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy.
Objective: To study the
time-effect relationship of action of acupuncture on the satiety center of
ventromedial nucleus of hypothalamus (VMH) in rats with experimental obesity.
Conclusion: Acupuncture can
increase excitability of the satiety center, with a better long-term effect.
6. Acupuncture And Obesity -
Abraham C. Kuruvilla, MD, January 2003, Medical Acupuncture, Vol 14 #2.
Objective: To describe the
efficacy of acupuncture in the management of obesity when administered in
conjunction with a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity.
Conclusion: Our findings
indicate that ear acupuncture at designated points, in conjunction with a
reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity, is effective in treating
obesity.
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