Analysis of Acupoint Selection Rules of Acupuncture and Moxibustion in the Treatment of Female Menopausal Obesity
10.13359/j.cnki.gzxbtcm.2024.05.026
- VernacularTitle:针灸治疗女性更年期肥胖的选穴规律分析
- Author:
Min XU
1
;
Yan TAN
;
Wen-Ying SHI
;
Chao KE
;
Lu CAO
;
Heng-Fen ZHANG
;
Wei ZHANG
Author Information
1. 湖南中医药大学第一附属医院,湖南长沙 410007
- Keywords:
acupuncture;
female menopausal obesity;
acupoint selection rules;
data mining;
tonifying the essence of the kidney;
restoring the qi mechanism of spleen and stomach;
Zusanli;
Sanyinjiao
- From:
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2024;41(5):1262-1269
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the acupoint selection rules of acupuncture and moxibustion for the treatment of female menopausal obesity and to provide reference for clinical acupuncture treatment of female menopausal obesity based on data mining techniques.Methods Clinical literature on acupuncture treatment of female menopausal obesity was searched by computer in CNKI,Wanfang,VIP,SinoMed,and PubMed database,and the time limit of searching was from the establishment of database to the date of 1 August 2023,and the literature was screened and extracted according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria.The association rule analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Moderler 18.0 software,and cluster analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics 27.0 software.Results A total of 50 literature meeting the requirements were screened out,and 83 groups of acupoint prescriptions were extracted.Descriptive analysis showed that the intervention measures of acupuncture and moxibustion in the treatment of female menopausal obesity were mainly acupoint catgut embedding,electroacupuncture and auricular acupuncture.The top 7 acupoints with the highest frequency were Sanyinjiao(SP6),Zusanli(ST36),Shenshu(BL23),Tianshu(ST25),Guanyuan(RN4),Zhongwan(RN12)and Qihai(RN6).Stomach meridian of foot yangming,conception vessel,bladder meridian of foot taiyang and spleen meridian of foot taiyin are the most commonly selected meridians.In terms of specific acupoints,the main acupoints are intersection points,front-mu points and back-shu points.The acupoints are mainly distributed in the chest and abdomen,lower limbs and waist and back.By using data mining technology,the core acupoint pair of acupuncture and moxibustion for menopausal obesity is'Zusanli-Sanyinjiao',and the core acupoint prescription is'Zusanli,Sanyinjiao,Zhongwan,Tianshu,Shenshu,Guanyuan,Qihai';cluster analysis found 7 types of clinical acupoint clustering.Conclusion Acupuncture and moxibustion for the treatment of female menopausal obesity focuses on tonifying the essence of the kidney and restoring the qi mechanism and characteristics of acupoint selection of spleen and stomach qi.
