Metformin combined with acupuncture knife therapy improves blood sugar, QoL in type 2 diabetes patients: Study
China: A recent study has shown improved clinical symptoms, blood glucose, and quality of life in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients treated with acupotomy and metformin hydrochloride tablets. The mechanism is suggested to be related to the regulation of inflammatory reactions.
The study, published in Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion, was conducted by Zhu Tao, Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, and colleagues aimed to observe the clinical efficacy of acupotomy combined with metformin hydrochloride tablet for type 2 diabetes mellitus and its effect on serum levels of inflammatory factors.
The study included 68 patients with type 2 diabetes; they were randomized into an acupotomy group (34 cases, 2 cases dropped out) and a western medication group (34 cases, 2 cases dropped out).
In the western medication group, metformin hydrochloride tablet was given orally, 0.5-1 g each time, twice a day, for eight weeks continuously. Based on the treatment in the Western medication group, acupoints were taken on both sides of the diaphragm. Shu, gastroenteritis, Ganshu, once a week for 8 consecutive weeks in the acupotomy group once a week for continuously eight weeks.
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