Potential Benefits of Acupuncture and Herbs for Obesity-Related Chronic Inflammation by Adipokinesopen access
- Authors
- Kim, Ji-Youn; Baek, Seon-Eun; Ginting, Rehna Paula; Lee, Min-Woo; Yoo, Jeong-Eun
- Issue Date
- 9-Oct-2020
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Keywords
- Acupuncture; Herbs; chronic inflammation; adipokines
- Citation
- Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, v.2020
- Journal Title
- Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Volume
- 2020
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/2398
- DOI
- 10.1155/2020/3285363
- ISSN
- 1741-427X
1741-4288
- Abstract
- The adipose tissue is an organ that stores energy in the form of fats. It also has been known as an endocrine playing an integral role in metabolic homeostasis by secreting various adipokines. In obesity, the adipokine components and secretion patterns are altered toward proinflammation with weight gain, causing low chronic inflammation, which is closely linked to various metabolic diseases. Acupuncture and herbs are used for the management of obesity and its comorbidities, and it has been observed that these therapies affect the amount of expression and concentration of adipokines with improved metabolic phenotypes in both animal and human metabolic diseases. In this review, we discuss the role of adipokines and summarize beneficial effects of the treatments such as electroacupuncture, pharmacopuncture, catgut embedding acupuncture, and single and multiple medicinal herbs on obesity and its relations to adipokine composition. It will provide a new insight for applying adipokines as surrogate markers in complementary and alternative medicine practice.
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