Study the clinical curative effect of acupuncture embedding weight loss. Eighty-eight obese patients who were treated in a hospital from January 1st to December 31st 2020 were enrolled. The patients were divided into experimental group and control group, according to the principle of randomness, 19 cases respectively. The patients in the control group were treated with ordinary acupuncture, and the patients in the experimental group were treated with acupuncture embedding. once a day, half a month for a course of treatment, after 4 courses of treatment. Compare body weight changes and body mass index changes between the two groups. After four cycles, the body weight and bim decreases in the experimental group were significantly higher than those in the control group, and the differences were significant. Acupuncture embedding is safe and reliable for weight loss, which is beneficial to reducing the weight of obese patients.

Luo Wang. Clinical Analysis of 38 Cases of Simple Obesity Treated by Acupuncture Embedding. International Journal of World Medicine (2022), Vol. 3, Issue 2: 19-24. https://doi.org/10.38007/IJWM.2022.030203.

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