[Clinical study on acupuncture for treatment of 80 cases of simple obesity].

OBJECTIVE: To search for an effective method for treatment of obesity and to study the mechanism of acupuncture slimming treatment. METHODS: The cases of obesity were randomly divided into a diet group of 40 cases and an acupuncture group of 80 cases. Their therapeutic effects and changes of TC, TG, LDL-C, HDL-C contents before and after treatment were observed. RESULTS: The effective rate of 76.3% in the acupuncture group was better than 27.5% in the diet group, and acupuncture could decrease serum TC, TG, LDL-C contents and increase HDL-C content. CONCLUSION: Acupuncture combined with diet therapy is an effective method for reducing weight at present, and metabolism of lipids is involved in acupuncture slimming mechanism.