Location specificity of the acupoints selected by the syndrome differentiation of acupuncture and moxibustion in weight loss: the possibility of "local weight loss" and "general regulation" based on complex network analysis

XIE Jiahui; ZHANG Shuhan; WANG Yufei; GU Mingye; XU Bin; XU Tiancheng

doi:10.13703/j.0255-2930.20240712-0001

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Location specificity of the acupoints selected by the syndrome differentiation of acupuncture and moxibustion in weight loss: the possibility of "local weight loss" and "general regulation" based on complex network analysis

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- Location specificity of the acupoints selected by the syndrome differentiation of acupuncture and moxibustion in weight loss: the possibility of "local weight loss" and "general regulation" based on complex network analysis
- Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion Vol. 45, Issue 11, Pages: 1681-1688(2025)
- 作者机构：
  
  南京中医药大学针药结合教育部重点实验室，江苏南京　210023
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- DOI：10.13703/j.0255-2930.20240712-0001
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- Received：12 July 2024，
  
  Online First：09 September 2025，
  
  Published：12 November 2025
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XIE Jiahui, ZHANG Shuhan, WANG Yufei, et al. Location specificity of the acupoints selected by the syndrome differentiation of acupuncture and moxibustion in weight loss: the possibility of "local weight loss" and "general regulation" based on complex network analysis[J]. Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 2025, 45(11): 1681-1688.
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XIE Jiahui, ZHANG Shuhan, WANG Yufei, et al. Location specificity of the acupoints selected by the syndrome differentiation of acupuncture and moxibustion in weight loss: the possibility of "local weight loss" and "general regulation" based on complex network analysis[J]. Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 2025, 45(11): 1681-1688. DOI： 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20240712-0001.

摘要

目的：

探索针灸辨证减肥取穴的部位特点与规律，为辨证减肥选穴部位特异性提供定量证据。

方法：

于中国期刊全文数据库（CNKI）检索自建库起至2024年9月20日发表的针灸辨证减肥取穴相关临床文献，提取穴位及其证型等信息，基于图论建立穴-证网络，并计算其节点度、中介中心度、描述长度、社团分组等拓扑参数。

结果：

①四肢部描述长度为4 255.592、躯干部描述长度为3 274.312，四肢部穴-证网络包含的信息量多于躯干部；②中介中心度与节点度值呈非线性关系，躯干部

²为0.812 1，四肢部

²为0.321 8，躯干部穴位中介中心度均匀分布，且其中介中心度值差异远小于四肢部，表明躯干部穴位距网络中心的距离相似，穴位之间对网络的重要程度相似，而四肢部穴位之间对网络的重要程度差异显著；③躯干部穴位频次占比在不同证型中呈均匀分布，而某些四肢部穴位如太冲、内庭、太溪频次占比与所属证型存在对应关系。

结论：

在针灸减肥中，四肢部穴-证关系比躯干部穴-证关系更具多样性和独特性，针灸治疗单纯性肥胖辨证取穴的差异多体现在四肢部而非躯干部，这也为“局部减肥”与“全身调节”提供了一种选穴思路。

Abstract

Objective

To explore the characteristics and rules of the locations of acupoints selected in weight loss after syndrome differentiation of acupuncture and moxibustion

and provide quantitative evidence for the location specificity of acupoint selection in weight loss.

Methods

Clinical research articles on acupoint selection based on syndrome differentiation of acupuncture and moxibustion in weight loss were retrieved in China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)

from the inception to September 20th

2024

and the data about acupoints and differentiated syndromes were extracted. Based on graph theory

the acupoint-syndrome network was established and its topological parameters such as node degree

value of betweenness centrality

description length and number of community were calculated.

Results

①The description length of the limbs was 4 255.592

and that of the trunk was 3 274.312. The information contained in the acupoint-syndrome network for the acupoints on the limbs was greater than that for those on the trunk. ②The value of betweenness centrality and node degree showed a nonlinear relationship

with

²of 0.812 1 for the trunk and 0.321 8 for the limbs. The values of betweenness centrality for the acupoints on the trunk were uniformly distributed

and the difference among these values was much smaller than that for the acupoints on the limbs. It suggested that the distance from each trunk acupoint to network center was similar

and the importance among these acupoints to network was similar

while the importance among acupoints located on the limbs was different significantly. ③The frequency proportion of acupoints on the trunk showed uniform distribution among different syndromes

while that of some acupoints located on the limbs such as Taichong (LR3)

Neiting (ST44) and Taixi (KI3) presented a correlation with the syndromes.

Conclusion

In weight loss with acupuncture and moxibustion

the correlation between the limb acupoints and syndromes is more diverse and specific than that between the trunk acupoints and syndromes. The differences in acupoint selection for simple obesity treated with acupuncture and moxibustion are mostly reflected in the acupoints on the four limbs rather than those on the trunk. It provides an approach to acupoint selection for "local weight loss" and "general regulation" in treatment with acupuncture and moxibustion.

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