Treatment of 30 Simple Obesity Patients with Eight Magic Turtle Techniques
- Author:
Lianyou PIAO
;
Xueli ZHANG
;
Ying LIU
;
Siyou WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Obesity;
Acupuncture Therapy;
Eight Methods of Intelligent Turtle;
Syndrome Differ Classification
- From:
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science
2004;2(2):29-30
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The points, Neiguan (PC 6)-Gongsun (SP 4), Houxi (SI 3)-Shenmai (BL 62), Lieque (LU 7)-Zhaohai (KI 6), or Waiguan (TE 5)-Zulinqi (GB 41), were selected according to the eight magic turtle techniques and some acupoints were added on the basis of syndrome differentiation. Thirty obesity patients were treated. Marked effectiveness occurred in 6 cases, effectiveness in 21 cases and ineffectiveness in 3 cases, with a total effective rate of 90.0%.
