Can acupuncture help you lose weight? Is this true? Is it safe?

Modern medicine believes that simple obesity is often accompanied by endocrine disorders and abnormalities in various hormones, especially insulin, sex hormones, adrenal cortex hormones, leptin, etc. Acupuncture can be used to regulate the endocrine system and make it return to normal. On the other hand, Chinese medicine analyzes obesity from the perspective of viscera dialectics and finds that it is mainly related to the functions of the liver, spleen, and kidneys. Acupuncture can be used to regulate the viscera and restore the functions of the liver, spleen, and kidneys to normal.

Why Acupuncture Can Help You Lose Weight

1. It can suppress the hyperactivity appetite of obese patients, reduce the amount of food they eat, and at the same time suppress the hyperactivity of the gastrointestinal digestion and absorption function of patients, reduce the body's absorption of energy, and thus reduce energy intake.

2. It can promote energy metabolism, increase energy consumption, promote body fat mobilization and fat decomposition, and ultimately achieve its weight loss effect. When using acupuncture to lose weight, it is possible to target the Shousanli point, Sanyinjiao point, Fengshi point, and Zhongdu point for treatment.

3. Adjust the body's endocrine system.

Weight loss effect

Acupuncture is effective in weight loss, but don't over-mythologize it or imagine that a few needles will produce immediate results and give you a slim figure in a short period of time.

Acupuncture weight loss must be combined with diet control and moderate exercise. Simply relying on acupuncture treatment will not achieve the desired results. Obesity is generally divided into two types: pathological obesity and physiological obesity. Patients with pathological obesity can be treated with acupuncture to improve their symptoms, and then combined with diet control and appropriate exercise to achieve weight loss effects.

Many obese people have too good appetite, which is actually a pathological condition. For example, patients with excessive stomach fire must be treated. For example, endocrine disorders in some people can also cause obesity. Acupuncture for weight loss can be targeted at the patient's physical condition and then used to achieve a balance.