Acupuncture improves the symptoms, serum ghrelin, and autonomic nervous system of patients with postprandial distress syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whether gastrointestinal hormones in patients with postprandial distress syndrome (PDS) are altered by acupuncture, and whether such alterations are related to the autonomic nervous system (ANS), remains an open question.

Objective

This study aims to investigate the effects of acupuncture on symptoms, serum hormones, and ANS in PDS patients.

Methods

This randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted at Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated with Capital Medical University. Sixty-two PDS patients were randomly assigned equally to acupuncture or sham acupuncture arm (3 sessions per week for 4-week). The main outcome measures which were evaluated at baseline and 4-week included cardinal symptoms, serum hormones including ghrelin, vaso

SUBMITTER: Fu ZT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11580632 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature