Wen-Long Hu

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Traditional Medicine-2015Birmingham, UKAugust
03 05, 2015
Traditional Medicine 2015

• Wen-Long Hu

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3rd International Conference and Exhibition
on  Traditional Alternative Medicine August
03-05, 2015 Birmingham, UK 
In Association with
Presented By Name Wen-Long Hu Country
Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang
Gung University, Taiwan
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The Advantages of Laser Acupuncture in Obesity
Therapy

• Wen-Long Hu
• Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
• Chinese Medical Association of Acupuncture,
  Taiwan

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• Laser Acupuncture (LA) in Obesity Therapy
• LA vs needle acupuncture
• Successful LA

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Background (1)

• Being overweight or obese is a major risk factor
  for chronic diseases, including cardiovascular
  diseases, diabetes, musculoskeletal disorders,
  and some cancers. (WHO, 2006)
• Most drugs that have achieved regulatory approval
  and reached the markets have subsequently been
  withdrawn owing to postmarketing discovery of
  serious adverse effects. (Astrup, 2010)

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Background (2)

• Unrealistic expectations regarding weight loss
  frequently result in a failure to manage weight.
  (Hainer et al., 2008)
• LA and low-calorie diet can treat visceral
  postmenopausal obesity. (Wozniak et al., 2003)
• LA has been found to exert a therapeutic effect
  on simple obesity by reducing both body weight
  and body mass index with a non-restrictive diet
  protocol. (Hu et al., 2010)

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Laser acupuncture for simple obesity

• Our participants underwent laser acupuncture and
  followed a non-restrictive diet protocol. (Hu et
  al., 2010)
• Simple obesity BMI 30 kg/m² (27 kg/m² in
  Taiwan) resulting from primary causes. (NIH,
  1998)

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Patients

• 73 women and 22 men
• Age 14 76 years (36.78 13.24)
• Height 145 180 cm (162.35 7.48)
• BW 62 130.8 kg (84.79 14.08)
• BMI 27.1 51.6 kg/m² (32.10 4.30)

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Daily energy intake

• Women (height in cm 160.0 6.0 70) 0.6
  30 kcal (1620.0 180.0)
• Men (height in cm 170.2 6.6 80) 0.7 30
  kcal (1894.2 198.0)
• Between what an active person (28.66 kcal/kg/day)
  and a moderately active person (33.07
  kcal/kg/day) would require maintaining their body
  weight. (Eckel, 2005)

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Handylaser Trion

• Gallium aluminum arsenide (GaAlAs)
• Mmaximal power 150 mW
• Wavelength 810 nm
• Area of probe 0.03 cm²
• power density 5 W/cm2
• Pulsed wave, Bahr frequencies
• RJ-Laser, Reimers Janssen GmbH, Germany

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Bahr frequencies

• B1 599.5 Hz lower tissue layer
• B2 1199 Hz central tissue layer
• B3 2398 Hz surface tissue structures
  omega-Ren channel points
• B4 4796 Hz omega-DU channel points
• B5 9592 Hz super omega
• B6 19184 Hz right ear points
• B7 38368 Hz left ear points

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Energy and duration

• Deliver 0.375 J of energy (5 s) to the following
  points Stomach and Hunger (auricular points),
  ST25 (Tianshu), ST28 (Shuidao), ST40 (Fenglong),
  SP15 (Daheng), and CV9 (Shuifen).
• Each subject was treated three times per week for
  four weeks.

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Results

• The reduction in waistline was 1.0 to 3.5 in.

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Discussion (1)

• Unrealistic expectations regarding weight loss
  frequently result in a failure to manage weight.
  (Hainer et al., 2008)
• Our subjects should not have suffered from
  hunger.

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Discussion (2)

• Stomach and Hunger fortify the spleen and clear
  the stomach to induce appetite suppression.
• ST25 and SP15 regulate qi movement to enable
  bowels to perform their activities.
• ST28 and CV9 regulate waterways and induce
  diuresis to alleviate edema.
• ST40 fortifies the spleen and harmonize the
  stomach to reduce dampness and resolve phlegm.
  (WPRO, 2007 Weng and Jiao, 2000 )

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Discussion (3)

• Acupuncture suppresses overeating, inhibits
  increased gastrointestinal digestion and
  absorption, reducing calorie uptake, enhance
  energy metabolism, and promote mobilization and
  utilization of fat. (Liu et al., 1995)
• Laser acupuncture integrates the positive effects
  of acupuncture and low-level lasers.

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Discussion (4)

• LA has the advantages of noninvasive, aseptic,
  painless, safe, effective and requires less time
  than needle-based acupuncture in obesity therapy.
  (Stellon, 2005 Whittaker, 2004 Küblböck, 2001)
• No side effects or complications resulting from
  laser acupuncture were observed in our subjects.

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LA vs traditional acupuncture
Treatment Instrument Invasiveness Sensations Pain
Traditional acupuncture Needle Invasive Soreness, numbness, expansion, or pain Painful
Laser acupuncture Low-level laser Non-invasive None or slight warmth (if gt 10 J/cm2) Painless
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Advantages of LA (1)

1. Shorter therapy duration (10 20 seconds
   /point).
2. Points which are difficult to treat with a needle
   (mucous membranes, wounds, joints, etc.) can be
   included in the treatment.
3. Painless therapy (for the sensitive patients,
   children, etc)

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Advantages of LA (2)

1. Used in those cases for which classical
   acupuncture does not recommended the use of
   needles (asthenia).
2. Aseptic (sterilization not necessary).
3. Can be used to complement and extend the needle
   program if additional points are required to
   optimize energy flow.

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Advantages of LA (3)

• Safe
• Painless
• Effective
• Convenience
• Time-saving

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Graph of the therapeutic effects of laser
acupuncture divided into psychological (pink) and
physiological (dark blue) effects. The latter is
determined by the shown factors
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Conclusions

• In the hands of an experienced physician, laser
  acupuncture can be useful in controlling simple
  obesity.
• Laser acupuncture produces a therapeutic effect
  on simple obesity by reducing both BW and BMI.
• Subjects demonstrate good compliance with this
  comfortable and non-restrictive diet protocol.

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A 45-year-old man before (105.1 kg) and 6 months
after (81.0 kg) laser acupuncture treatment
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