Potential Benefits of Acupuncture and Herbs for Obesity-Related Chronic Inflammation by Adipokines
Joint Authors
Kim, Ji-Youn
Baek, Seon-Eun
Ginting, Rehna Paula
Lee, Min-Woo
Yoo, Jeong-Eun
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-10-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
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.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kim, Ji-Youn& Baek, Seon-Eun& Ginting, Rehna Paula& Lee, Min-Woo& Yoo, Jeong-Eun. 2020. Potential Benefits of Acupuncture and Herbs for Obesity-Related Chronic Inflammation by Adipokines. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1155678
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kim, Ji-Youn…[et al.]. Potential Benefits of Acupuncture and Herbs for Obesity-Related Chronic Inflammation by Adipokines. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1155678
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kim, Ji-Youn& Baek, Seon-Eun& Ginting, Rehna Paula& Lee, Min-Woo& Yoo, Jeong-Eun. Potential Benefits of Acupuncture and Herbs for Obesity-Related Chronic Inflammation by Adipokines. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1155678
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1155678