A Clinical Observation of Dong's Extraordinary Points Therapy on Simple Central Body Obesity.

Objective: To observe the clinical effect of Dong's extraordinary points therapy on simple central body-type obesity. Methods: 90 patients with simple central body-type obesity were randomly divided into the treatment group (n = 45) and control group (n = 45). In addition to receiving diet and exercise therapy, patients in the treatment group were treated with Dong's extraordinary points therapy, and those of the control group with conventional acupuncture. All the patients were treated once every two days, 15 times as a course, and finished 3 treatment courses with a 7-day interval between two courses. Change of patients' body weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, hip circumference, fat percentage and waist-to-hip ratio were observed and then analyzed by SPSS19.0 after finishing each course. Results: Patients' body weight, BMI, waist circumference, hip circumference and fat percentage in different periods all changed significantly (P ⩽ 0.05), while, waist-to-hip ratio had no significant statistical difference (P > 0.05); There were significant differences in patients' body weight, BMI and waist and hip circumference after 1 course of treatment. Waist circumference after the 1st and 3rd courses of treatment also changed (P ⩽ 0.05). Differences of waist-to-hip ratio and percentage of fat after the 1st, 2nd and 3rd courses of treatment, waist-to-hip ratio and percentage of fat in both groups before treatment in different observing time points had no significant statistical differences (P > 0.05). Conclusion: Dong's extraordinary points had a definite therapeutic effect on simple and abdominal obesity types. At the end of the first course of treatment, changes of body weight, BMI, waist circumference and hip circumference of patients in the treatment group were more apparent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]