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Research progress and prospect of acupoint catgut embedding therapy for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

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DOI: 10.23977/medcm.2023.050104 | Downloads: 26 | Views: 527

Author(s)

Shuhan Yang 1, Xiaoni Kou 2

Affiliation(s)

1 Shaanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China
2 Second Department of Hepatology, Affiliated Hospital of Shaanxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xianyang, Shaanxi, China

Corresponding Author

Shuhan Yang

ABSTRACT

Non-alcoholic fatty liver lesion infection syndrome (NAFLD) is a kind of chronic stress factor liver parenchyma injury induced by lipid cell metabolism disorder, which is mainly related to anti-insulin cell resistance disorder (IR) syndrome and hereditary alcohol-induced tactile disease. Its histological pathological changes include simple liver steatosis, nonalcoholic fatty hepatitis and liver fibrosis emerging after metabolic improvement disorder Liver cirrhosis and liver cancer [1,2]. With the development of human society and culture, the incidence of NAFLD disease has increased significantly in the world. The incidence of NAFLD disease in ordinary adults is 6.3% to 45.0%, which is an important reason for the development of chronic liver disease in children. At present, NAFLD therapy is mainly symptomatic treatment to control lipid metabolism, alleviate cardiac inflammation and insulin resistance, and there is no specific drug [3]. According to the traditional syndrome differentiation of traditional Chinese medicine theory, according to the exact cause of liver disease and the clinical stage characteristics of various major diseases, the stage of liver disease can be simply classified into two categories: "turbid phlegm" or "blood stasis" and "accumulation", and according to the current standard, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine has for the first time defined the standard TCM classification of highly fatty liver disease as "liver addiction" to [4]. In recent years, scientific research has also shown that NAFLD, including acupuncture, moxibustion, massage and other traditional Chinese medicine external treatment methods, has quite unique advantages and good application and development prospects [5]. Among them, acupoint catgut embedding therapy has the advantages of strong stimulation, lasting effect, longer treatment interval compared with ordinary acupoint technology, and relatively safe without obvious side effects, which greatly improves the compliance of patients, especially for "migrant workers" who are difficult to survive at a fast pace in modern society, which is also a good choice, so it has been widely used in clinical practice. Therefore, this article reviews the clinical research and mechanism of acupoint catgut embedding therapy for NAFLD by combining the latest relevant literature at home and abroad.

KEYWORDS

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; Acupoint catgut embedding; Research progress; expectation

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Shuhan Yang, Xiaoni Kou, Research progress and prospect of acupoint catgut embedding therapy for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. MEDS Chinese Medicine (2023) Vol. 5: 24-31. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/medcm.2023.050104.

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