Acupoint Application on Blood Lipid in Patients with Type Ⅱ Diabetes
- Author:
Min SHAO
;
Lingjie WEN
;
Rong SUN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Diabetes Mellitus,Type Ⅱ;
Hyperlipemia;
Acupoint Sticking Therapy;
Acupuncture Medication Combined
- From:
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science
2004;2(6):21-23
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Purpose: To observe the regulative effect of acupoint application of abnormai lipid metabolism in type Ⅱ diabetes. Methods: Thirty patients with type Ⅱ diabetes were treated by acupoint application and routine hypoglycemic agents. Meanwhile, another 30 patients with type Ⅱ diabetes were treated by routine hypoglycemic agents only. A difference in the blood-lipid level between pretreatment and post-treatment was observed in the two groups. Results: Differences in cholesterol,triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein and high-density lipoprotein between pre-treatment and posttreatment in treatment group were significantly different from those in control group(P＜0.01).Conclusion: Acupoint application has a good lowering effect on high blood lipid and can effectively alleviate the disorder of lipid metabolism in diabetics.
