ACUPUNCTURE IN

OBESIT Y
LECTURER: M.K. SASTRY

27 NOVEMBER 2017

acupaincare.india@gmail.com
cell no: 8473814247
**online seminar/classes will start from first week of December.
MANAGEMENT OF OBESITY

• REDUCED-CALORIC DIET
• INCREASED ACTIVITY
• BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION
• PHARMACOTHERAPY
• SURGERY
• ACUPUNCTURE AS AN ADJUNCT THERAPY
BEST ADJUNCTION

• ACUPUNCTURE + DECREASE CALORY

• ACUPUNCTUTRE + EXERCISE
EFFECT OF ACUPUNCTURE

• FEELING OF WELL BEING WHICH CAN SUPRESS THE DESIRE

FOR EXCESS FOOD

• STIMULATE METABOLISM & ENABLE THE BODY TO UTILIZE

FOOD EFFICIENTLY INSTEAD OF STORING IT AS FAT
ACCORDING TO CHINISE
MEDICINE

• AGE
• SEX
• DIET REGIMEN
• EMOTION
• LIFE STYLE
SIMPLE OBESITY

• SPLEEN-STOMACH EXCESS
• STARTS IN CHILDHOOD
• STRONG BODY
• EXCESS DESIRE TO FOOD
• EXCESS SWEATING
• INTOLERANCE TO HEAT
• ABDOMINAL FULLNESS AFTER DEFICATION
• CONSTIPATION
TREATMENT

• STOMACH 36
• BLADDER 20-21-23
• REN 4-6
• SPLEEN 6-9
• KIDNEY 3
• EAR POINTS ( SPLEEN-STOMACH-ORAL & APETITE POINTS)
TYPE 2 OR SPLEEN DEFICIENCY

• ACCUMOLATION OF PHLEGMON & DAMP

• PALLOR
• TIREDNESS
• WEAKNESS IN EXTRIMITIES
• COLD INTOLERANCE
• SLEEPY
• FULLNESS & CONSTIPATION
• UNDERLYING DISEASE
TREATMENT

• LA 4-11
• Stomach 25-28-40-44
• Spleen 9
• Bladder 21-22
• Ren 12
• Accumulation of Phlegm and Damp (Excess condition)
• Clinical manifestations:
• Obesity, excess appetite
• Likes sweet and fatty, greasy food
• Heavy sensations in body, foggy thinking
• Aversion to heat
• T: Flabby; thick, greasy coat
• P: Wiry/slippery.
• Wiry can suggest phlegm, heat, or food stagnation.
• Left untreated, the Phlegm can lead to heat, leading to Yin deficiency,
leading to Wind, leading to stroke.
• Treatment principle
• Remove damp and phlegm
• Formula
• Wen Dan Tang + Ping Wei San
• These formulas are combined to lose weight, more gentle and safe than Ma
Huang based formulas.
• Qi deficiency (Deficiency condition)
• Clinical manifestations:
• Fatigue, weak voice, shortness of breath
• Phlegm damp accumulation
• Aversion to cold, edema, puffy face, poor digestion, sleepy,
hypofunctions.
• Not necessarily an over eating problem.
• T: Pale with white coating
• P: Thready and weak.
• Treatment principle
• Tonify Yang, raise metabolism
• A total of 31 studies, which comprised
a total of 3013 individual cases, were
systematically reviewed. Owing to
insufficient data in 2 RCTs, 29 RCTs
were used for meta-analysis.
• Compared to control of lifestyle,
acupuncture was associated with a
significant reduction of average body
weight (95% confidence interval, CI) of
1.72 kg (0.50-2.93 kg) and associated with
an improvement in obesity (relative
risk=2.57; 95% CI, 1.98-3.34).
• Acupuncture significantly reduced a
body weight of 1.56 kg (0.74-2.38 kg),
on average, compared to placebo or
sham treatments
• Acupuncture also showed more
improved outcomes for body weight
(mean difference=1.90 kg; 1.66-2.13
kg), as well as for obesity (relative
risk=1.13; 1.04-1.22), than
conventional medication
• Only four RCTs reported
acupuncture-related adverse events,
which were mostly minimal.
CONCLUSION

• Our review suggests that acupuncture

is an effective treatment for obesity.
• there is an urgent need for well-
planned, long-term studies to address
the effectiveness of acupuncture for
treating obesity
 THANK YOU

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