감비환과 가르시니아 캄보지아 병용 투여의 체중감량 효과와 안전성

• 영문명: Effect and Safety of Combined Treatment of Gambihwan and Garcinia Cambogia on Weight Loss: A Retrospective Observational Study
• 발행기관: 한방비만학회
• 저자명: 윤상훈(Sang-Hoon Yoon) 이은지(Eunji Lee) 조현정(Hyunjung Jo) 한예지(Yeji Han) 김현호(Hyunho Kim) 윤영희(Younghee Yun)
• 간행물 정보: 『대한한방비만학회지』제20권 1호, 31~39쪽, 전체 9쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 한의학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2020.06.30

영문 초록

Objectives: Obesity is becoming more popular disease worldwide. Because of the side effects of conventional obesity treatment modality, herbal medicine treatment is becoming more preferred. Gambihwan which including Ephedra sinica Staph is widely used in traditional Korean Medicine practice for obesity treatment. Garcinia cambogia is a kind of health functional food that has body fat reducing effect. Nowadays, ephedra and Garcinia cambogia are often used simultaneously in clinical practice of Korean Medicine. However, the effectiveness and safety of combination therapy in obesity treatment is not well established. Methods: We conducted retrospective observational study to explore effectiveness and safety of combination therapy. We evaluated effect of combined treatment of Gambihwan and Garcinia cambogia on body weight, body mass index, body fat mass, and waist hip ratio reduction. We also assessed safety via liver function test and adverse event. Results: Finally, 23 patients were included. In paired t-test, body weight significantly decreased from 64.50±14.50 kg to 62.94±13.85 kg (P<0.001) and body mass index were also significantly decreased from 24.43±3.79 kg/㎡ to 23.83±3.59 kg/㎡ (P<0.001). Body fat mass was also reduced. Aspartate transaminase and alanine aminotransferase were not significantly increased. There were no drug-induced liver injury and no severe adverse event. Conclusions: In our retrospective review, we found combination therapy of Gambihwan and Garcinia cambogia reduce body weight, body mass index and body fat mass. There were no severe adverse event and drug induced liver injury which indicated safety of combination therapy in obesity treatment.

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Anti-obesity agents Garcinia cambogia Korean traditional medicine Safety Ephedrine