Colon hydrotherapy plus Traditional Chinese Medicine to treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease： a pilot study

• Published in: 中医杂志：英文版 Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 393 - 396
• Main Author: Xiao Huanming Jiang Junmin Xie Yubao Shi Meijie Tian Guangjun Zhao Pengtao Zhang Chaozhen Chen Huijun Xu Chanyuan Chi Xiaoling
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 15.06.2017
• Subjects: 中医治疗; 低密度脂蛋白; 大肠; 水疗法; 肝病; 脂肪; 血清甘油三酯; 酒精性
• ISSN: 0255-2922

OBJECTIVE： To demonstrate the potential to treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease（NAFLD） with colon hydrotherapy（CHT） plus Traditional Chinese Medicine（TCM）.METHODS： A total of 20 patients were enrolled into the study and received CHT with TCM for 2 weeks.Body mass index（BMI） and levels of serum triglycerides（TG） and total cholesterol（TC） were compared between pre-treatment and post-treatment.RESULTS： Two-week treatment with CHT plus TCM significantly lowered BMI and reduced blood lipids.BMI decreased from 29.5 ± 4.3 to 25.4 ± 1.0, while mean TG levels decreased by 0.70 mmol/L on average from baseline and mean TC levels decreased by0.37 mmol/L. Forty-five percent of patients exhibited TC decreasing by more than 10% from baseline and25%ofpatientsexhibited TCdecreasingbymore than 20%. Sixty percent of patients exhibited TG decreasing by more than 20% and 20% of patients exhibited TG decreasing by more than 40%. However,high-density and low-density lipoprotein cholester-ol levels did not change significantly after intervention. No serious adverse events were reported.CONCLUSION： Our findings suggest that CHT plus TCM to treat NAFLD is promising and it might be a new treatment strategy for management of NAFLD.