Acupuncture benefits the control of blood glucose level
- Hui Zhang
- Feb 5, 2020
- 1 min read
A research team(Kazemi et al. 2019) from Iran and China carried out a randomized clinical trial to compare the therapeutic effects of acupuncture with sham acupuncture on levels of fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) among patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) under treatment with metformin.
Acupoints used: SJ5, ST25, ST36, ST40, RN6, RN12, BL13, BL20, BL23, SP10, SP6, LR3, LI4, LI11, KI3. After the sensation from Deqi had been felt, they needles were retained for 20 minutes. For the back-Shu points i.e. BL13, BL20, BL23, a rapid needling technique with even manipulation was applied, and needles were retained only for 1 minute.
In addition to metformin, acupuncture treatment led to a significant reduction in the FPG level as compared with sham acupuncture after 6 weeks or 12 treatments and a 12-week follow-up. The treatment also reduced the HbA1c level significantly in comparison with that in the sham-acupuncture group (MD = 0.27, 95%CI = 0.08 to 0.47, P = .007).
The team concluded that acupuncture could be used as adjuvant therapy among patients with T2DM.
Kazemi, Amir Hooman, Wei Wang, Yanping Wang, Faezeh Khodaie, and Hossein Rezaeizadeh. 2019. “Therapeutic Effects of Acupuncture on Blood Glucose Level among Patients with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Clinical Trial.” Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences, January, 101–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcms.2019.02.003.
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