Clinical observation on simple obesity treated by acupuncture plus ear point-sticking method

Objective In order to observe the clinical therapeutic effect of acupuncture plus ear point-sticking for simple obesity. Methods Fifty-two cases of the patients with simple obesity were treated by acupuncture and ear point-sticking method for one course. Results After the treatments, the results showed remarkable effect in 22 cases, effect in 25 cases and failure in 5 cases, and the total effective rate was 90.4%. There was no obvious change in various indexes of the body in the male and female patients before and after the treatment. Conclusion Acupuncture plus ear point-sticking for simple obesity is stable in the therapeutic effect, simple and safe in application, without side effects, and cheap in cost and needs to be greatly popularized. Author: CAO Xue-mei, female, master of medicine, deputy chief physician, born in 1971