05/22/2019 / By Michelle Simmons
Today, many people still eat unhealthy foods and live a sedentary lifestyle, causing them to struggle with weight issues and obesity. Fortunately, researchers from Sangji University in South Korea have found a natural solution to obesity in the form of a traditional herbal medicine called tongbi-san.
Tongbi-san contains three herbs, namely, nut grass (Cyperus rotundus L.), satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu), and China root (Poria cocos). It is used in traditional Korean medicine to treat conditions like dysuria and circulation dysfunction. In Korean medicine, it is said that if the body’s systemic circulation is abnormal, it can manifest itself as an excretion problem or as obesity. Because of this theory, traditional medicine practitioners in Korea began using tongbi-san to treat obesity.
In their study, the researchers examined the anti-obesity effects of tongbi-san using obese mice. They investigated whether or not tongbi-san can inhibit adipogenesis in the liver and epididymal adipose tissue of these animals. The researchers first fed mice a high-fat diet for 11 weeks to induce obesity. They treated some of the mice with the drug orlistat or with tongbi-san and left the controls without treatment. The researchers measured the body weight of the mice each week.
At the end of the observation period, the researchers found that obese mice treated with tongbi-san had significantly reduced body weight, epididymal fat, and fat around the waist. Treatment with tongbi-san also increased the expression of adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and decreased the expression of transcription factors in their liver and epididymal fat. These results suggested that tongbi-san can prevent adipogenesis by regulating lipid accumulation and adipogenic-related factors in obese mice.
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The researchers concluded that tongbi-san has an inhibitory effect on adipogenesis and may be used as treatment for obesity. Their study was published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Despite its anti-obesity effects, tongbi-san may not help you lose weight if you keep eating unhealthy foods and living a sedentary lifestyle. The following tips, combined with taking tongbi-san, can help you achieve and maintain a healthy weight safely:
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