In order to investigate the regulatory effect of acupuncture on obesity patients with the Stomach-Intestine Excessive Heat
Type, the pre-acupunctureal and post-acupunctural obesity index and biochemical indices of 718 simple obesity patients with
Stomach-Intestine Excessive Heat Type were observed. It was showed that the marked weight loss effect was achieved in the
cases by acupuncture, and the biochemical indices improved. It suggests that acupuncture had a optimal regulatory effect on
the function of nerve, endocrine, digestion and energy metabolism.
Key Words acupuncture - simple obesity - Stomach-Intestine Excessive Heat Type - digestion - nerves - endocrines - energy metabolism