AP and the Digestive / Gastrointestinal Tract
OBESITY
Asamoto_S; Takeshige C (1992) Activation of the satiety centre by Ear-AP point stimulation. Brain Res Bull Aug 29(2):157-64. Dept of Physiol, Showa Univ Sch of Med, Tokyo, Japan. In rats, stimulation of the zones on the inner surface of the ear that correspond to the human pylorus, lung, trachea, stomach, oesophagus, endocrine, and heart AP points evoked potentials in the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus (HVM), the satiety centre. Needle implantation into any of these points reduced the body weight to its initial 290 g after the rat had gained circa 410 g in 20 d, and significantly reduced initial 450-g body weights (p <.01, Student's t test) in 14 d. Stimulation of other AP points did not evoke HVM potentials and did not reduce body weight. After the HVM was lesioned, body weight increased and AP point needling had no effect on body weight. Needling of the Ear-AP points evoked no potentials in the lateral hypothalamus (LHA), the feeding centre, and had almost no influence on weight reduction induced by LHA lesion.
Gadzhiev_AA; Mugarab-Samedi VV; Isaev II; Rafieva SK (1993). [AP therapy of constitution-exogenous obesity in children]. Probl Endokrinol (Mosk) May-Jun 39(3):21-24. The authors have studied the efficacy of AP as a method to help in weight-loss and to normalize lipid metabolism in 62 children with constitutional exogenic obesity. EAP had a beneficial effect on various pathogenetic components of this patient population, which was confirmed by cessation of subjective complaints, body mass reduction and decrease of fatty tissue content, increased performance abilities, recovery of cardiovascular function, normalization of blood serum lipids. AP is recommended as part of a comprehensive treatment of children with constitutional exogenic obesity.
Liu_Z (1990) [Effect of AP and moxibustion on the high density lipoprotein cholesterol in simple obesity]. Chen Tzu Yen Chiu 15(3):227-231. Dept of AP & Moxibustion, Nanjing Coll of TCM, PRC. For the purpose of understanding regulatory effect of AP and moxibustion, we have observed the changes of the obese indices and the lipid indices in 196 sample obesities before and after the AP and moxibustion. AP and moxibustion had a good effect on obesity and a benign regulatory effect on lipid metabolism and high density lipoprotein cholesterol.
Liu_ZCo2 (1990) [Effect of AP and moxibustion on hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis suffering from simple obesity]. Chung Hsi I Chieh Ho Tsa Chih Nov 10(11):656-659, 643-4. Dept of AP & Moxibustion, Nanjing Coll of TCM, PRC. In order to understand the effect of AP and moxibustion on hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis in simple obesity, the authors have observed the obese indices, the lipid level, the level of ACTH in plasma and that of salivary cortisol in 39 simple obesity before and after the AP and moxibustion treatment. The markedly effective rate was 38%, the effective rate was 51%, the ineffective rate was 10% and the total effective rate was 90% after treatment. Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis function in simple obesity was lower than normal. AP and moxibustion treatment not only regulated the lipid level and achieved the antiobesity effect but also enhanced the function of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal system. The key factor of AP and moxibustion in obesity was to hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal function.
Liu_ZCo3; Sun FM; Shen DZ (1991) [Effect of AP and moxibustion on antiobesity in the variation of plasma cyclic nucleotide and the function of ANS]. Chung Hsi I Chieh Ho Tsa Chih Feb 11(2):83-86, 67-8. Dept of AP & Moxibustion, Nanjing Coll of TCM, PRC. The authors observed the changes of the obesity index, lipid index, the equilibrium indices of the ANS (Y value) and the plasma cAMP of 46 cases of simple obese before and after AP. Of 46 cases, 39 were of the LV-Yang Xu (group 1) and 7 of the LV-Yang Shi (group 2). It was found that the sympathetic nervous function of the patients in group 1 was markedly higher than the normal. In both of them, the lipid metabolism was abnormal and the level of cAMP in plasma was significantly lower than the normal. The marked effects were achieved on the cases which received one course of treatment (1 mo) by AP, the total effective rate being 85%. AP induced an antiobesity effect and also biphase changes in blood pressure and Y value. AP raised blood pressure and Y value of the patients in group 1 but reduced the blood pressure and Y value of the patients in group 2. Also, AP brought about good regulation effect on lipid metabolism and plasma cAMP of patients. This suggests that the regulation effect of AP on plasma cAMP of patients with simple obese might be an important link by which antiobesity effect may be achieved.
Liu_ZCo4; Sun FM; Wang YZ (1995) [Good regulation of AP in simple obesity patients with Stomach-Intestine Excessive Heat Syndrome]. Chung Kuo Chung Hsi I Chieh Ho Tsa Chih Mar 15(3):137-140. Nanjing Coll of TCM, PRC. In order to investigate the regulatory effect of AP on obesity patients with the Stomach-Intestine Excessive Heat Type, the pre-AP and post-AP obesity index and biochemical indices of 718 patients with simple obesity was observed. AP gave a marked weight loss, while the biochemical indices improved. AP had a good regulatory effect on the function of nerve, endocrine, digestion and energy metabolism.
Liu_ZCo5 (1996) Good Regulation of AP on Simple Obesity Patients with Stomach-Intestine Excessive Heart Type. Liu Zhicheng, Nanjing College of TCM, Nanjing 210029, PRC. Adapted from WWW at http://www.dmu.ac.uk/ln/cmn/fmdc@public3.bta.net.cn (Chin Med News, Beijing Cons Bio-Tech (e-mail: wangyq@sun.ihep.ac.cn). The obesity-and biochemical- indices of 718 patients with simple obesity was observed pre- and post- AP, to study the regulatory effect of AP on simple obesity patients with ST-SI excessive HT type. Patients who received AP had a marked weight loss and the biochemical indices improved. AP had a good regulatory effect on the function of nerve, endocrine, digestion and energy metabolism.
Sun_Q; Xu Y (1993) Simple obesity and obesity hyperlipaemia treated with Ear-AP point pellet pressure and body AP. Chung i tsa chih (JTCM) Mar 13(1):22-26. Dept of TCM, Second Teaching Hospital of Chongqing Med Univ, PRC. 161 cases of simple obesity with or without hyperlipaemia were treated by pellet pressure on Ear-AP points plus body-AP for 3 mo in a single-blind experiment. Patients on Capsulae Olei Oenothera Erythrosepalae were taken as positive controls. Body weight, circumference of chest, abdomen, arms and legs, the appetite, sleep, bowel movement, blood TC, TG and HDL-C were recorded for comparison. Treatment in the Ear- and body- AP point group was superior to treatment in the control group. In the AP point group body weight dropped by a mean of 5 kg in 85% of the patients, who also showed decreased appetite, blood TC and TG.
Tang_X (1993) 75 cases of simple obesity treated with auricular and body AP. JTCM Sep 13(3):194-195. Dept of AP, First Employees' Hospital, Wuhan, PRC.
Zhang_Z (1990) Weight reduction by Ear-AP: a report of 110 cases. JTCM Mar 10(1):17-18. Dept of AP and Moxibustion, Affiliated Hospital of Jiamusi Med College, PRC.
Zhao_Y; Yang C; Liu Z (1992) Effect of AP on carbohydrate metabolism in patients with simple obesity. JTCM Jun 12(2):129-132. Dept of TCM, Qinghai Med College, Xining, PRC.