Effect of Auricular Acupuncture on Appetite: A Pilot Study

Bradford, Ann; Tuffrey, Veronica; Polley, Marie

doi:10.1089/acu.2010.0751

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“…In line with the current study, Bradford et al [20] also indicated that it is likely that auricular acupuncture can lead to a reduction in hungry feeling, although satiety feeling had shown a significant reduction in their study as well, that was not significant in our study. However, pleasure to food showed a significant reduction in our study.…”

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The Impact of Auricular Acupuncture on Appetite

Hosseini¹,

Akhavan²,

Mehri³

2018

Chinese J Med Res

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Background: It has been identified that Auricular acupuncture can be a possible method for modulating appetite and suggested as a cost-effective procedure to current treatments of obesity. This study aimed to investigate the effect of auricular acupuncture on appetite. Materials and Methods: This study has been carried out on 40 healthy individuals. The sample was assigned randomly by using announcement placed in Isfahan medical school, in the form of face to face or by e-mail. After recording primary appetite scores, no acupuncture was used for control group but only on Tragus point in ear, it has placed a fake tape. Acupuncture medicine was applied for another group and following to cleaning the ear, based on acupuncture medicine, needles were applied on Tragus point through "press needle" method and left in the place for 24 hours. Then, for the second time, we asked participants to fill out hunger VAS forms and the results were recorded. Afterwards needles and tapes were picked. Results: There was no significant difference in appetite scores between the two groups at baseline and pre-intervention (P value>0.05). But a significant reduction was seen in pleasure to food and hungry feeling in acupuncture group (P value<0.001).Conversely, satiety feeling and eating ability show no significant impact in this respect (P value>0.05). In control group, no appetite-related factors had shown a significant change after intervention (P value>0.05). Conclusions: Auricular acupuncture may reduce pleasure to food and hungry feeling but these results suggest that larger studies of acupuncture and appetite are warranted.

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confidence: 89%

The Impact of Auricular Acupuncture on Appetite

Hosseini¹,

Akhavan²,

Mehri³

2018

Chinese J Med Res

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“…It is achieved by controlling the speed of hyperactivity and promoting hypoactive as long as it is harmless to healthy organs. Hence, it is a very safe therapy (Bradford et al, 2010;Oleson, 2014;Yao et al, 2019). The seed pressing method at the spleen and stomach points as the primary point and zero point as the supporting point are intended to support the therapeutic principle of regulating the qi spleen and stomach.…”

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Effect of Modisco-Cookies Combined with Auriculopuncture therapy on Increment of Body Weight

Latifah

Puruhito

Budhy

et al. 2022

Kemas

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Being underweight is a common problem in developing countries, including Indonesia, that may cause infections, including viral ones. The solution to this problem is to provide Modisco cookies and auriculopuncture therapy with seed-pressing methods. Auriculopuncture is a traditional Chinese therapy using the seed-pressing method at the auricular point stimulating to relieve other body pathologies. While Modisco cookies have energy-dense, high- calories, digestible cookies that aim to help accelerate weight gain. This study aims to determine the effect of Modisco cookies compared to a combination of Modisco cookies with auriculopuncture on the increase of body weight among male adolescents. This study observed 22 male teenagers with low body weight for three weeks. The subjects are categorized into two treatment groups: (1) the Modisco cookies group and (2) the combination of Modisco cookies and the auriculopuncture treatment group every day for three weeks (26 days). This study compared the mean of the pretest and posttest of the weight changes using a T-test. Furthermore, the average weight changes between the two groups were compared using Manova repeated measured test. The Modisco cookies have nutrient-dense and easy to digest, while Auriculopuncture may stimulate to a certain point in the ear. The hypothalamus has a role in the production of the ghrelin hormone. The therapy may increase hormone appetite and reduce the use of fat reserves. It may increase the body weight of underweight adolescents significantly (p=0.00). A combination of Modisco cookies and auriculopuncture therapy gave a significant increase in adolescent body weight compared to modisco cookies.

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“…Women significantly felt unhappier regarding their overweight problem than men ( P <.05). None of the participants had eating disorders as verified by the SCOFF questionnaire [ 14 ]. Among the subjects, there were more android users (37/59, 63%) than iOS users (22/59, 37%; Table 1 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Subjects who met the following inclusion criteria were recruited from the community through snowball sampling via social network platforms (WhatsApp and Facebook): (1) age 18 years or older; (2) overweightness, with body mass index (BMI) ≥25.0 kg/m 2 in accordance with the BMI classification of the World Health Organization (WHO) [ 2 ]; (3) neither received other weight control measures nor experienced medical or drug history within the last 3 months; (4) no ear injuries, such as inflammation or lesions, and no medical history of ear surgery within the last 6 months; and (5) smartphone user. Exclusion criteria were (1) diabetes, severe hypertension, heart disease or endocrine abnormalities; (2) pregnancy; (3) SCOFF (a questionnaire utilizing an acronym in 5 simple questions on “Sick, Control, One stone (6.5 kg), Fat, and Food”) score ≥2 out of 5 items, which indicates eating disorders [ 14 ]; and/or (4) psychiatric and mental disorders.…”

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“…Auriculotherapy offers a more effective and economical option to treat obesity than conventional approaches [ 13 ]. Auricular acupuncture has been frequently used to treat obesity in many countries [ 14 - 17 ]. However, the use of needles for auricular acupuncture may not be acceptable to people with needle phobia and could pose a risk of blood-borne transmission through needle prick injuries.…”

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Self-Administered Auricular Acupressure Integrated With a Smartphone App for Weight Reduction: Randomized Feasibility Trial

Suen

Wang

Cheng

et al. 2019

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth

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BackgroundObesity is a common global health problem and increases the risk of many chronic illnesses. Given the adverse effects of antiobesity agents and bariatric surgeries, the exploration of noninvasive and nonpharmacological complementary methods for weight reduction is warranted.ObjectiveThe study aimed to determine whether self-administered auricular acupressure (AA) integrated with a smartphone app was more effective than using AA alone or the controls for weight reduction.MethodsThis study is a 3-arm randomized waitlist-controlled feasibility trial. A total of 59 eligible participants were randomly divided into either group 1 (AA group, n=19), group 2 (AA plus smartphone app, n=19), or group 3 (waitlist control, n=21). A total of 6 reflective zones or acupoints for weight reduction were chosen. The smartphone app could send out daily messages to the subjects to remind them to perform self-pressing on the 6 ear acupoints. A “date picker” of the 8-week treatment course was used to enable the users to input the compliance of pressing and the number of bowel movement daily instead of using the booklet for recordings. The app also served as a reminder for the subjects regarding the dates for returning to the center for acupoint changing and assessments. Treatment was delivered 2 times a week, for 8 weeks. Generalized estimating equations were used to examine the interactions among the groups before and after intervention.ResultsSubjects in group 2 expressed that the smartphone app was useful (7.41 out of 10). The most popular features were the daily reminders for performing self-pressing (88%), the ear diagram indicating the locations and functions of the 6 ear points (71%), and ear pressing method demonstrated in the video scripts (47%). Nearly 90% of the participants completed the 8-week intervention, with a high satisfaction toward the overall arrangement (8.37 out of 10). The subjects in group 1 and 2 achieved better therapeutic effects in terms of body weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, and hip circumference and perceived more fullness before meals than the waitlist controls. Although no significant differences in the pairwise comparisons between the 2 groups were detected (P>.05), the decrease in body weight, BMI, body fat, visceral fat rating and leptin level, and increase in adiponectin level were notable in group 2 before and after the intervention.ConclusionsThe high compliance rate and high satisfaction toward the trial arrangement indicate that AA can be used to achieve weight reduction and applied in future large-scale studies. AA integrated with the smartphone app has a more notable effect than using AA alone for weight reduction. Larger sample size should be considered in future trials to determine the causal relationship between treatment and effect.Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT03442712; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03442712 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/78L2tO8Ql)

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Effect of Auricular Acupuncture on Appetite: A Pilot Study

Cited by 6 publications

References 20 publications

The Impact of Auricular Acupuncture on Appetite

The Impact of Auricular Acupuncture on Appetite

Effect of Modisco-Cookies Combined with Auriculopuncture therapy on Increment of Body Weight

Self-Administered Auricular Acupressure Integrated With a Smartphone App for Weight Reduction: Randomized Feasibility Trial

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