Mi-Na Wang, Miao-Xin Zhai, Yi-Tong Wang, Qiu-Fu Dai, Lu Liu, Luo-Peng Zhao, Qiu-Yu Xia, Shen Li, Bin Li
Obesity is a common metabolic syndrome that causes a significant burden on individuals and society. Conventional therapies include lifestyle interventions, bariatric surgery, and pharmacological therapies, which are not effective and have a high risk of adverse events. Acupuncture is an effective alternative for obesity, it modulates the hypothalamus, sympathetic activity and parasympathetic activity, obesity-related hormones (leptin, ghrelin, insulin, and CCK), the brain-gut axis, inflammatory status, adipose tissue browning, muscle blood flow, hypoxia, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) to influence metabolism, eating behavior, motivation, cognition, and the reward system...
2024: American Journal of Chinese Medicine