Abstract

Purpose: To observe the regulative effect of acupoint application of abnormal, lipid metabolism in type II diabetes. Methods: Thirty patients with type II diabetes were treated by acupoint application and routine hypoglycemic agents. Meanwhile, another 30 patients with type II diabetes were treated by routine hypoglycemic agents only. A differnece in the blood-lipid level between pretreatment and post-treatment was observed in the two groups. Results: Differences in cholesterol, triglyceride, low-density lipoprotein and high-density lipoprotein between pre-treatment and post-treatment in treatment group were significantly different from those in control group (P<0.01). Conclusion: Acupoint application has a good lowering effect on high blood lipid and can effectively alleviate the disorder of lipid metabolism in diabetics.

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