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Clinical study of cupping therapy based on exercise and diet management in the treatment of simple obesity with dampness resistance due to spleen deficiency in women

Clinical study of cupping therapy based on exercise and diet management in the treatment of simple obesity with dampness resistance due to spleen deficiency in women

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ITMCTR
Registry ID
ITMCTR2100004218
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2020-10-08
Start date
2020-10-09
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-02-20

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Conditions

Simple Obesity

Interventions

Sponsors

The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 55 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients who meet the TCM diagnostic criteria of obesity of spleen deficiency and dampness stagnation type; 2. Patients who met the diagnostic criteria of simple obesity; 3. Women with mild and moderate obesity, aged 18-55 years old; 4. Those who have not taken any weight loss drugs in the past three months; 5. Patients who have no serious heart, liver, kidney and other important viscera diseases, and can cooperate with the examination and complete the treatment of this experiment; 6. Patients with written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with obesity caused by taking hormone drugs, hypothalamic diseases, anterior pituitary dysfunction, hypothyroidism, etc; 2. Mental patients; 3. Patients with poor coagulation function and bleeding tendency; 4. Pregnant women and lactating women; 5. Patients who are participating in other clinical trials or receiving other methods of weight loss in recent 2 weeks. 6. Patients with contraindications of cupping, such as hypotension, chronic anemia, skin damage, extremely weak constitution, hemorrhagic disease, high fever, etc.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
body mass index;waistline;weight;waist-hip ratio;hip circumference;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
therapeutic evaluation;Integral of dampness symptom of spleen deficiency;basal metabolic rate;blood fat;Body fat rate;Muscle mass;Weight impact on Quality of Life Scale;blood sugar;Multi-dimensional body image questionnaire;fat mass;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactXiaojun Wang

The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of traditional Chinese Medicine

13424488076@126.com+86 13424488076

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ITMCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026