Effect of acupuncture on the blood glucose and insulin in the obese rats

Author

You Luo ; Li Fan ; Guibao Huang ; Murong Liang ; Jialin Zhu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Traditional Therapy Center, Guangdong Provincial Hosp. of Chinese Med., Guangzhou, China

fYear

2012

fDate

4-7 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

386

Lastpage

388

Abstract

Objective: To observe the effects and mechanisms of acupuncture on the blood glucose and insulin in the obese rats. Methods: The obese rats were treated with acupuncture at acupoints Liangmen (ST21), Tianshu (ST25), Zusanli (ST36), Neiting (ST44), once a day, for 2 consecutive weeks as a therapeutic course. The effect of acupuncture on the lipids, blood glucose and insulin were observed. Results: In the acupuncture groups, the body weight, the levels of blood glucose and insulin in obese rats decreased markedly (p<;0.01, p<;0.05, p<;0.05). Conclusion: Acupuncture treatment can lower the body weight of obese rats and decrease their levels of blood glucose and insulin as well.

Keywords

blood; diseases; patient treatment; sugar; Liangmen ST21 acupoints; Neiting ST44 acupoints; Tianshu ST25 acupoints; Zusanli ST36 acupoints; acupuncture; blood glucose; body weight; insulin; lipids; obese rats; therapeutic course; Blood; Feeds; Immune system; Insulin; Obesity; Rats; Sugar; Acupuncture; Blood glucose; Insulin; Obese rats;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Workshops (BIBMW), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2746-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2744-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BIBMW.2012.6470343

Filename

6470343