Abstract
In order to study the effect of aqua-acupuncture with Cervi Cornu (C.C.) extract solution manufactured by water-alcohol method on the lipid metabolism and osteoporosis, C.C. aqua-acupuncture was carried out every two days for 60 days on the corresponding bilateral loci of Shinsu (BL23), Taejo (BL11), and Hyonjong (GB39) from the 10th day after the ovariectomy for induced osteoporosis and thereafter the level of serum triglyceride, LDL, Ca, phosphorus and osteocalcin, as well as urine hydroxyproline were measured in the ovariectomized rats. The rats being studied were divided into a normal group (sham operation group), a control group (ovariectomized group), and a C.C. aqua-acupuncture group (group with C.C. aqua-acupunctured to the points of Shinsu, Taejo, and Hyonjong every two days for 60 days from the 10th day after the ovariectomy). The following results were obtained: 1. The serum triglyceride indicated an inhibited increase with statistical significance in the C.C. aqua-acupuncture group compared with the control group. 2. The serum LDL indicated an inhibited increase without any statistical significance in the C.C. aqua-acupuncture group compared with the control group. 3. The serum Ca showed an inhibited decrease without any statistical significance in the C.C. aqua-acupuncture group compared with the control group. 4. The serum phosphorus showed an inhibited decrease with statistical significance in the C.C. aqua-acupuncture group compared with the control group. 5. The serum osteocalcin indicated an inhibited decrease without any statistical significance in the C.C. aqua-acupuncture group compared with the control group. 6. The urine hydroxyproline showed an inhibited increase with statistical significance in the C.C. aqua-acupuncture group compared with the control group.