Objective To observe the clinical effect of acupoint catgut embedding combined with abdominal acupuncture for treatment of abdominal obesity under the theoretical guidance of regulating the three energizer.Methods One hundred and twenty patients were randomly divided into acupoint catgut embedding group（group A）,abdominal acupuncture group（group B）,acupoint catgut embedding combined with abdominal acupuncture group（group C） and blank control group（group D） based on blocked random method,with 30 cases each;the first three groups based on the principle of regulating three energizer were respectively given acupoint catgut embedding at Zhongwan（中脘 CV12）,Tianshu（天枢 ST 25）,Yinjiao（阴交 CV 7）,Zhigou（支沟 TE 6）,Guanyuan（关元 CV 4）,Zusanli（足三里 ST 36） with catgut embedding once every 7 days,three times for each course of treatment,abdominal acupuncture once every3 days,seven times for each course of treatment.Results The therapeutic effect of each group after treatment was respectively 46.7%（14/30）,43.3%（13/30）,76.7%（23/30） and 26.7%（8/30）,with statistically significant difference.For comparison of waist circumference difference,there was no statistical significance between acupoint catgut embedding combined with abdominal acupuncture and acupoint catgut embedding group（P=0.54）,and for comparison of weight difference,there was statistical significance in terms of therapeutic effect between acupoint catgut embedding combined with abdominal acupuncture and A,B,D groups（4.49±0.59 vs 2.64±0.53,2.87±0.44,1.45±0.26,all P〈0.05）.Conclusion Acupoint catgut embedding combined with abdominal acupuncture had the best effect in terms of total effective rate for treatment of abdominal obesity,equivalent therapeutic effect to simple acupoint catgut embedding in terms of waist circumference reduction,and the best therapeutic effect in terms of weight reduction.
