What are some homemade Chinese medicine umbilical therapy weight loss recipes?

There are many ways to lose weight, but none of them are very healthy. If you lose your health because of losing weight, it will not be worth it. Applying medicine on the navel is one of the more common external treatment methods in Traditional Chinese Medicine. It can not only cure diseases, but also help lose weight. So what are the general recipes?

1. Formula for spleen deficiency, phlegm and dampness (pseudo-obesity) type

20 grams of Perilla frutescens, 15 grams each of Angelica dahurica and Atractylodes macrocephala, 10 grams each of Angelica dahurica and Magnolia officinalis, 5 grams each of Zanthoxylum bungeanum and Artemisia argyi, and 15 grams of cinnamon twig.

Preparation method: decoct the above medicines together, dry the extract and grind it into extremely fine powder, put it into a thin cloth, make it into an 8×8 cm medicine core, and use colorful silk to make a bellyband, close to the navel. Replace the medicine core every 15 to 20 days. One course of treatment consists of 3 to 6 medicine cores. Generally, 1 to 3 courses of treatment can restore the body weight to normal.

Principle: Women with spleen deficiency and weak yang energy will generate cold and dampness internally. "Suwen Tianyuan Zhengji Dalun" says: "When people are affected by cold and dampness, they will suffer from body heaviness, swollen internal organs, and chest distension", so they are puffy and damp. The aromatic elements of Perilla frutescens, Atractylodes lancea and Angelica dahurica in the formula It can also relieve bloating; Angelica dahurica is pungent, warm, aromatic and can remove turbidity; Magnolia officinalis promotes qi and relieves pain, strengthens the stomach and removes stagnation; cinnamon twig, Zanthoxylum bungeanum and mugwort warm the middle and dispel cold, and help yang and unblock menstruation. When the spleen yang is transported and dampness is eliminated, obesity will naturally subside.

2. Formula for Qi stagnation and blood stasis

30g of Chinese Angelica, 15g of Chuanxiong, 10g each of Asarum, Trillium, and Curcuma, 5g each of Frankincense, Myrrh, and Clove, 3g of Borneol (added later)

Preparation method: Except for borneol, first boil the above medicines together, dry the extract and grind it into fine powder, then add borneol and grind it into extremely fine powder, put it into thin cloth, make it into 8×8 cm medicine core, cover it with a bellyband made of colorful satin, and stick it close to the outside of the navel. Replace one medicine core every 15 to 20 days. 3 to 6 medicine cores constitute a course of treatment. Generally, 2 to 3 courses of treatment can restore the body weight to normal.

Principle: The seven emotions and six desires often cause qi stagnation, blood stasis, endocrine disorders and form bloating type obesity. It is said in the "Lingshu Benshen Pian" that "a person who is worried has blocked Qi and cannot flow." "Qi is the commander of blood" and stagnation of Qi leads to blood stasis. Therefore, this prescription uses Angelica sinensis and Chuanxiong to nourish blood and promote blood circulation; Curcuma zedoaria and frankincense to promote qi circulation, eliminate accumulation and disperse nodules; Trillium and Myrrha to promote blood circulation and break up blood stasis; Asarum can dispel wind and cold, internalize cold fluid, dispel headaches, and promote kidney qi, dissipate nodules and eliminate dampness; Cloves can strengthen the spleen and regulate qi, dampen the kidney, assist yang and eliminate bloating; and Borneol can open all orifices, disperse depressed fire, and has the function of relieving inflammation and swelling, and guiding the penetration of various medicines.

3. Formula for spleen and stomach heat

30g each of senna leaves and elixirs, 15g each of citron, hawthorn, and magnolia bark, 10g each of coptis root and rhubarb

Preparation method: Boil all the above medicines together, dry and grind the extracts into extremely fine powder, add appropriate penetrants, make them into 8×8 cm stamens, put them into a bellyband made of colorful satin, and stick them close to the navel. Replace the medicine core every 15 to 20 days. One course of treatment consists of 3 to 5 medicine cores. Generally, 2 to 3 courses of treatment can reduce the body weight to normal.

Principle: Women who eat too much greasy and spicy food, are lazy and hate work, have excessive spleen yang, excessive gastrointestinal fire, digest food easily and get hungry easily, and accumulate fat over time. This recipe uses senna leaves to clear away heat and act as a laxative. It is good at treating gastrointestinal fire and abdominal distension; Yuanmingfen can relieve abnormal heat; Coptis chinensis and rhubarb can clear away heat and dampness, break up accumulation and remove stagnation, and also have the effect of removing blood stasis and dredging menstruation. The whole formula can be used together to relieve bloating, relieve stagnation, purge fire and resolve blood stasis. Once the stagnation and bloating are relieved, obesity will disappear.