[Acupuncture for treatment of simple obesity and its effect on serum leptin level of the patient].

Objective: To explore the therapeutic effect and the mechanism of acupuncture in reducing body weight.

Methods: Fifty cases of simple obesity were randomly divided into an acupuncture group and a drug control group, 25 cases in each group. The patients in the acupuncture group were treated with body acupuncture at Tianshu (ST 25), Guanyuan (CV 4), etc, electroacupuncture and ear point tapping and pressing therapy (Shenmen, Endocrine, etc.