Mechanism of Acupuncture in Treating Obesity: Advances and Prospects
Am J Chin Med. 2024 Feb 8:1-33. doi: 10.1142/S0192415X24500010. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTObesity 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. However, hypothalamic regulation by acupuncture should be further demonstrated in human studies using novel techniques, such as functional MRI (fMRI), positron emission tomography (PET), electroencephalogram (EEG), and magnetoencephalography (MEG). Moreover, a longer follow-up phase of clinical trials is required to detect the long-term effects of acupuncture. Also, future studies should investigate the optimal acupuncture therapeutic option for obesity. This review aims to consolidate the recent improvements in the mechanism of acupuncture for obesity as well as discuss the future research prospects and potential of acupuncture for obesity.PMID:38351701 | DOI:10.1142/S0192415X24500010
Source: The American Journal of Chinese Medicine - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Mi-Na Wang Miao-Xin Zhai Yi-Tong Wang Qiu-Fu Dai Lu Liu Luo-Peng Zhao Qiu-Yu Xia Shen Li Bin Li Source Type: research
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