ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2019
Mechanisms of Acupuncture Therapy for Simple Obesity: An Evidence-Based Review of Clinical and Animal Studies on Simple Obesity.
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Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness and safety of acupuncture modalities for overweight and obesity treatment: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of RCTs.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Comparative effectiveness of a low-calorie diet combined with acupuncture, cognitive behavioral therapy, meal replacements, or exercise for obesity over different intervention periods: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of body mass index on the efficacy of acupuncture treatment of postprandial distress syndrome: secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2026Trial
- The effect of Virtual Reality Cycling with Music on simple obesity in college students: evidence from a randomized controlled trial in China.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- Acupuncture improves the emotion domain and lipid profiles in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome: a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Trial
- Modified acupuncture therapy, long-term acupoint stimulation versus sham control for weight control: a multicenter, randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Trial
- Acupuncture ameliorates diet-induced obesity via the vagal-GLP-1-ARC circuit: neural mechanism of anorexigenic action.Chinese medicine · 2026Article
- Perspectives in clinical research on acupuncture treatment for central obesity: A perspective.Medicine · 2025Review
- Effectiveness of acupuncture and a cumin-based herbal formula on anthropometric indices of overweight patients: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2024Article
- Exploring Traditional and Complementary Medicine Approaches for Fractured Bones: A Systematic Review.Galen medical journal · 2024Review
- Acupuncture as an Adjunct to Lifestyle Interventions for Weight Loss in Simple Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2024Review
- Novel insights into weight loss: acupuncture combined with a very low-carbohydrate diet-a Swiss experience.Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society · 2023Observational
- Phosphorylated proteomics-based analysis of the effects of semaglutide on hippocampi of high-fat diet-induced-obese mice.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2023Article
- Acupuncture as multi-targeted therapy for the multifactorial disease obesity: a complex neuro-endocrine-immune interplay.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Review
- Adipose-derived stem cells and obesity: The spear and shield relationship.Genes & diseases · 2023Review
- Comparison of Therapeutic Effects Between Electroacupuncture and Thread-Embedded Acupuncture in Obese Patients Undergoing a Dietary Intervention.Medical acupuncture · 2022Article
- Combined Acupoints for the Treatment of Patients with Obesity: An Association Rule Analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Article
- The Role of Electroacupuncture in the Regulation of Appetite-Controlling Hormone and Inflammatory Response in Obesity.Medical acupuncture · 2021Review
- Hypothesis paper: electroacupuncture targeting the gut-brain axis to modulate neurocognitive determinants of eating behavior-toward a proof of concept in the obese minipig model.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2021Review
- Genome-Wide Regulation of Electroacupuncture and Treadmill Exercise on Diet-Induced Obese Rats.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Simple obesity is a worldwide epidemic associated with rapidly growing morbidity and mortality which imposes an enormous burden on individual and public health. As a part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), acupuncture has shown the positive efficacy in the management of simple obesity. In this article, we comprehensively review the clinical and animal studies that demonstrated the potential mechanisms of acupuncture treatment for simple obesity. Clinical studies suggested that acupuncture regulates endocrine system, promotes digestion, attenuates oxidative stress, and modulates relevant molecules of metabolism in patients of simple obesity. Evidence from laboratory indicated that acupuncture regulates lipid metabolism, modulates inflammatory responses, and promotes white adipose tissue browning. Acupuncture also suppresses appetite through regulating appetite regulatory hormones and the downstream signaling pathway. The evidence from clinical and animal studies indicates that acupuncture induces multifaceted regulation through complex mechanisms and moreover a single factor may not be enough to explain the beneficial effects against simple obesity.
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