Effects of Acupuncture at Channel Points on Serum 5-Hydroxytryptamine, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide, and Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia of Spleen-Stomach Weakness Syndrome
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Effects of Acupuncture at Channel Points on Serum 5-Hydroxytryptamine, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide, and Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia of Spleen-Stomach Weakness Syndrome
Journal of Traditional Chinese MedicineVol. 66, Issue 13, Pages: 1357-1362(2025)
LI Duoduo,YUE Zenghui,LIU Wei'ai.Effects of Acupuncture at Channel Points on Serum 5-Hydroxytryptamine, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide, and Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia of Spleen-Stomach Weakness Syndrome[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,66(13):1357-1362.
LI Duoduo,YUE Zenghui,LIU Wei'ai.Effects of Acupuncture at Channel Points on Serum 5-Hydroxytryptamine, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide, and Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia of Spleen-Stomach Weakness Syndrome[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,66(13):1357-1362.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2025.13.010.
Effects of Acupuncture at Channel Points on Serum 5-Hydroxytryptamine, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide, and Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 in Patients with Functional Dyspepsia of Spleen-Stomach Weakness Syndrome
To observe the effects of acupuncture at channel points in treating functional dyspepsia (FD) patients of spleen-stomach weakness syndrome and to explore its potential mechanism.
Methods
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Sixty FD patients of spleen-stomach weakness syndrome were randomly divided into an acupuncture group and a domperidone group, with 30 patients in each group. Acupuncture group was given acupuncture at Zusanli (ST36), Neiguan (PC6), Gongsun (SP4), and Yinlingquan (SP9) using even reinforcing-reducing method. Unilateral points were selected alternately on the left and right sides, once daily, for 30 minutes each session, 5 sessions per course, and a 2-day interval between courses. Domperidone group was given domperidone tablets orally, one tablet each time, three times daily, 15~30 minutes before meals. The total course of treatment was 4 weeks in both groups. Pairwise comparisons of the symptom scores including postprandial fullness and discomfort, early satiety, epigastric pain, and epigastric burning discomfort, and the levels of serum 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT), vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) were conducted at pre-treatment, 4, and 8 weeks post-treatment. The clinical efficacy was analyzed and evaluated after treatment.
Results
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Compared with baseline, the symptom scores of postprandial fullness and discomfort, early satiety, epigastric pain and epigastric burning discomfort and the levels of serum 5-HT, VIP and GLP-1 of both groups were significantly decreased after 4 weeks and 8 weeks treatment (
P
<0.05). At 4 weeks post-treatment, all symptom scores and the levels of 5-HT and GLP-1 of the acupuncture group were significantly lower than those of the domperidone group (
P
<0.05). At 8 weeks post-treatment, the symptom scores of postprandial fullness and discomfort, early satiety and epigastric pain and the levels of 5-HT and VIP of the acupuncture group were significantly lower than those of the domperidone group (
P
<0.05). The total effective rate of the acupuncture group (96.67%, 29/30) was higher than that of the domperidone group (86.67%, 26/30,
P
>0.05).
Conclusion
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Acupuncture at channel points shows good clinical efficacy in the treatment of spleen-stomach weakness syndrome FD, and its mechanism may be related to the decreased levels of 5-HT, VIP, and GLP-1 in serum.
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