TANG Qin, TAO Ru. Nursing Care of a Patient with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Treated by Ear Point Pressing Pills Combined with Acupoint Catgut Embedding[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2026.
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TANG Qin, TAO Ru. Nursing Care of a Patient with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Treated by Ear Point Pressing Pills Combined with Acupoint Catgut Embedding[DB/OL].Clinical Archives of Integrative Medicine, 2026. DOI: 10.12209/CAIM202509160002.
Nursing Care of a Patient with Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Treated by Ear Point Pressing Pills Combined with Acupoint Catgut Embedding
This paper summarizes the nursing experience of a patient with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease treated by ear point pressing pills combined with acupoint catgut embedding. Guided by TCM syndrome differentiation-based nursing, this case adopted TCM external treatment techniques of ear point pressing and acupoint catgut embedding, combined with dietary guidance, exercise intervention, emotional regulation, sleep management, and daily living care. After intervention, the patient’s body weight, waist circumference, and abdominal circumference were significantly reduced, liver function indexes returned to normal, symptoms such as insomnia and fatigue were improved, bad living habits were corrected, mental state and comfort were significantly enhanced, patient satisfaction was high, and the disease recurrence rate was reduced.
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