Clinical observation on treatment of simple obesity with acupuncture

Altogether 128 cases were treated with comprehensive therapy of electroacupuncture, point-toward-point and plaster of auricular points based on syndrome differentiation, and the result showed that the total effective rate was 92.2% and there was no significant difference in the total effective rate among different syndrome patterns (P>0.05), which indicated that satisfactory results can be obtained through comprehensive therapy including electroacupuncture, point-toward-point and plaster of auricular points based on syndrome differentiation. Translator: HAN Chou-ping