Liver Enzymes and Metabolic Risk Factors Response to Laser Acupuncture Versus Cupping Therapy in Fatty Liver

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Fatty Liver

Treatments: Other: wet cupping; Device: laser acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05623930

P.T.REC/012/004116

Details and patient eligibility

About

fatty liver disease is characterized by low antioxidants, disturbed lipid metabolism, cardioautonomic functions, and elevated blood measures (glucose, inflammatory markers, liver enzymes)

Full description

In fatty liver patients,applied cupping (with scarification) will be compared, regarding its effect on antioxidant, lipid metabolism, cardioautonomic functions, and blood measures (glucose, inflammatory markers, liver enzymes), to application of laser on acupoints

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 35 to 55 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• fatty liver obese patients

Exclusion criteria

thoracic diseases heart diseases kidney diseases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

laser on acupuncture points

Active Comparator group

Description:

In fatty liver diseased patients which their number will be 30 patients, a 3-session/week application of 2-minute laser (for 3 months) on acupoint number 25,40,36 of stomach meridian, acupoints number 3 and 14 of liver meridian, acupoint number 6 of spleen meridian,acupoint number 9.12,4 of conception vessel meridian, acupoint number 14 of governor vessel meridian, acupoint number 4, 11 of large intestine meridian, acupoint number 34 of gall bladder meridian

Treatment:

Device: laser acupuncture

cupping (with scarification)

Active Comparator group

Description:

in this fatty liver diseased patients which their number will be 30, cupping (with scarification) or wet cupping will be applied at the first day and the day number 14 in the month for three successive months. cupping (with scarification) or wet cupping will be applied on urinary bladder acupoint 17 (on the both sides) and governosal vessels acupoints 12,13,and 14.

Treatment:

Other: wet cupping