An alternative treatment of exogenous obesity
Keywords:
Obesity, Catgut, Homeopathy, Diet.Abstract
Introduction: obesity is a multifactorial-origin disorder that is characterized by the excessive accumulation of fat and general hypertrophy of adipose tissue in the body; a risk factor known as multiple diseases with esthetic and social repercussion.Objective: to achieve the ideal weight in obese patients by means of combining the diet, homeopathy and implantation of catgut suture in acupuncture points, trying to balance the energy and changing lifestyles.
Material and method: a descriptive, longitudinal and prospective study was conducted in the service of Natural and Traditional Medicine at “Abel Santamaria Cuadrado” Pinar del Rio, during 2011. The target group and the sample coincided, both were comprised of 80 patients, a clinical history was made to each patient and body mass index was calculated. Patients were monthly assessed and treated using diet and homeopathy (group I), as well as diet, homeopathy and catgut applied on the acupuncture points (group II).
Results: degree II of obesity prevailed in female sex from 27 to 37 years old. The alternatives of treatment used to treat obesity were effective in 93,8% of patients and the majority reached the ideal weight between the 4th and 6th months of treatment.
Conclusions: the association of diet, homeopathy and implantation of catgut in acupuncture points to the treatment of exogenous obesity was more effective than the purely use of diet and homeopathy.
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