Traditional Chinese Medicine Weight Loss

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that obesity is a phenomenon of human body imbalance, mostly due to insufficient yang energy in the spleen and kidneys or emotional stimulation, which leads to dysfunction, resulting in indigestion and waste accumulation, excessive heat in the internal organs, and gradual increase of fat under the skin. There are usually four reasons for obesity:

1. Damp-heat stagnation in the spleen type:

This is the so-called "big eater" with a voracious appetite, who eats a lot and gets hungry easily. As long as you force yourself to diet, you can lose weight temporarily, but once you can't control your appetite, you will gain the weight back. It can relieve ruddy complexion, dry mouth, stomach pain (relieved after eating), and constipation. The common problem of this type of people is that food contains "fire" in the body. Foods that can remove fire and clear away heat will also help reduce weight.

2. Spleen deficiency and poor function:

This type of obese people suffer from spleen deficiency, which leads to decreased digestive function, abnormal metabolism, and loss of appetite. They are usually prone to fatigue, chest tightness, abdominal bloating, and heaviness. The symptoms feel worse at night and better in the morning. Generally, the effect of weight loss can be achieved by regulating the spleen and stomach, promoting digestion and absorption functions, and excreting waste accumulated in the body.

3. Phlegm and turbidity in the body:

People of this type have swollen buttocks and thighs, which means their lower body is fatter. In fact, I didn’t eat much, but I always felt weak in my hands and feet, sleepy in my limbs, dizzy, and I didn’t want to drink water even if my mouth was dry. This is because the body's excretion function is relatively poor, and excess water accumulates in the body, causing edema and obesity.

4. Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency Type:

This type of people have insufficient yang energy in the body, slow blood flow, weakened metabolic activity, and ultimately lead to obesity. They often suffer from shortness of breath, abdominal distension, diarrhea, fear of cold and sweating. Paying more attention to replenishing blood and vital energy can strengthen the spleen and kidney functions and reduce weight.

Different methods can be adopted for different "fat causes" to make weight loss reasonable and effective.

Heat Clearing:

Avoid sun exposure and do gentle exercise. People with hot bodies have strong Yang energy. If they are exposed to the sun and absorb the Yang energy, it would be like adding insult to injury. Static exercises such as yoga can help regulate organ functions, soothe mood swings, and gradually calm the heat in the body. Customers can be advised to join yoga classes offered by the beauty salon.

Regulate the spleen:

Beauticians can choose this method to help customers lose weight. Start massaging from the pit of the stomach, pass under the left rib, go down to the lower abdomen, and then go up through the right rib and return to the original position. Massage in this way for 36 circles, then start from the center of the body and massage in the opposite direction for 36 circles. Doing this can massage the liver, spleen, and kidney points in the abdomen, smoothly adjust the functions of the internal organs, promote blood circulation and open the capillaries in the skin and subcutaneous fat, speed up metabolism, and promote the excretion of waste from skin tissue.

Water benefit:

Pressing the Zusanli point, which is four fingers below the knee and one finger outward, and the Fenglong point, which is about four fingers above the outside of the ankle, can strengthen the spleen and stomach, eliminate phlegm and dampness, and promote diuresis and burn fat. In addition, customers can be advised to press the Burong point, which is six inches below the navel and two inches to the left and right, half an hour before meals. This can effectively control food intake and prevent them from eating too much.

Qi replenishment:

In addition to the conventional acupoints for body massage, there are 4 more acupoints that can be massaged regularly to regulate the qi and blood in the body. They are Guanyuan point about 1.5 inches below the navel in the abdomen, Qihai point about 3 inches below the navel, Zusanli point 3 inches below the outer knee and 1 horizontal finger on the outer side of the tibia, and Sanyinjiao point 3 inches above the inner ankle and at the posterior edge of the tibia.

Among the traditional Chinese medicines that can help lose weight, many are included in our daily foods. If you eat them regularly, you can get thinner and thinner.