Combined Acupoints for the Treatment of Patients with Obesity: An Association Rule Analysis

Table 3

Potential efficacy of the core acupoints for obesity treatment.

Acupoint	Chinese name	English name	Primary meridians	Efficacy
LI4 [39]	Ho-Ku	Connecting valleys	Large intestine	To increase the levels of serum insulin and C peptide
ST36 [35, 39, 40]	Tsu-San-Li	Walking three miles	Stomach	To increase the levels of serum insulin and C peptide; to remodel WAT to BAT
ST44 [35, 39, 40]	Nei-T’ing	Inner court	Stomach	To increase the levels of serum insulin and C peptide; to remodel WAT to BAT

WAT: white adipose tissue; BAT: brown adipose tissue.