ZHOU Fengfeng,CHEN Yu,CAI Haoliang,et al.Observation on clinical efficacy of acupoint catgut embedding therapy on non⁃alcoholic fatty liver disease[J].Academic Journal of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2024,38(03):45-49.
ZHOU Fengfeng,CHEN Yu,CAI Haoliang,et al.Observation on clinical efficacy of acupoint catgut embedding therapy on non⁃alcoholic fatty liver disease[J].Academic Journal of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2024,38(03):45-49. DOI: 10.16306/j.1008-861x.2024.03.007.
Observation on clinical efficacy of acupoint catgut embedding therapy on non⁃alcoholic fatty liver disease
Objective: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of acupoint catgut embedding in the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
Methods
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A total of 130 patients with NAFLD were divided into ordinary acupuncture group and acupoint catgut embedding group by random number table, 65 cases in each group. Blood lipid, liver function and other indicators of both groups were detected at 0, 1, 3 and 6 months respectively, and the changes of quantitative analysis of liver fat content by MRI at 0 and 6 months were compared to evaluate the therapeutic effect of acupoint catgut embedding. At 0, 3 and 6 months, the activities of the patients' ADP and PPAR-α were detected, and the correlation between blood lipid and the changes of ADP and PPAR-α activities was observed.
Results
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①Compared with those before treatment, the liver function and blood lipid levels of the two groups were improved at each stage after treatment, and the therapeutic effect of the acupoint catgut embedding group was better than that of the ordinary acupuncture group (
P
<
0.01). ②ADP and PPAR-α were significantly increased compared with those before treatment (
P
<
0.01), and there were significant differences in ADP and PPAR-α levels between the two groups after treatment (
P
<
0.01). ③After treatment, there was a significant difference in the quantitative analysis of MRI liver fat content between the two groups (
P
<
0.05), and the quantitative analysis of MRI liver fat content in the acupoint catgut embedding group was significantly superior than that in the ordinary acupuncture group.
Conclusion
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Acupoint catgut embedding therapy can effectively improve liver fat deposition, and the efficacy is better than that of ordinary acupuncture.
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