Abstract

Acupuncture has become an effective approach in clinic for treating obesity, but its mechanism has not been clarified yet. A large number of researches have been conducted on the obesity mechanism in the aspects of neurophysiological regulation, feeding center regulation and peripheral digestion and absorption regulation at home and abroad. But, regarding the main storage site of excess energy, i.e. the remodeling and functional regulation of white adipose tissue (WAT), is still a new field in research. In the paper, focusing on the new filed of weight loss, in view of the promotion of WAT browning through the re-gulation of UCP1 and PPARγ signal pathway with acupuncture, the potential peripheral mechanism of acupuncture was explored on weight loss.

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