Immediate fasting blood glucose response to electroacupuncture of ST36 versus CV 12 in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: randomized controlled trial
Ali Mohamed Ali Ismail, Alshaymaa Shaaban Abd El-Azeim
Abstract
Background. electroacupuncture (eA) is one of the main alternative or complementary therapies used to treat diabetic symptoms, but the immediate hypoglycemic effect of EA at one acupoint only has not been studied in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2dm) patients.
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MedicineElectroacupunctureRandomized controlled trialDiabetes mellitusInternal medicineType 2 Diabetes MellitusTraditional medicineGastroenterologyAcupunctureEndocrinologyAlternative medicinePathologyAcupuncture Treatment Research StudiesTraditional Chinese Medicine StudiesNeurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments