Excess weight is associated not with one, but with several factors. Acupuncture allows you to influence each of them. Therefore, acupuncture sessions are an obligatory part of comprehensive weight loss programs in Eastern medicine, including micro-acupuncture, auriculotherapy and corporal acupuncture along the meridians of the body.
Weight loss points
There are more than 350 points in our body (long discovered) and many new ones. There are 140 of them on the auricle alone, and most of them can help with metabolic disorders. They belong to the nervous, endocrine and digestive systems.
When people choose Eastern medicine for weight loss, they undergo a metabolic diagnosis at the points of the auricle, and also check their pulse.
The patient is examined in three systems: nervous, endocrine and digestive. They are most often responsible for the balance of energy and metabolism in the body. Diagnostics is quite subtle and sensitive. When changes are detected, a treatment plan is drawn up, which lasts from one month to six. Some even up to a year.
What weight loss methods are used in Eastern medicine?
Eating stress
One of the common causes of obesity and excess weight is the habit of “stress eating.” Usually stress is consumed with pastries, cakes or other confectionery products and sweets. This is explained simply. A sweet taste reduces the activity of that part of the Wind system that is excited during nervous stress.
On the one hand, this protects against the development of neuroses and serves as a natural protective reaction of the body. On the other hand, uncontrolled stress eating with sweets leads to excess weight.
Acupuncture harmonizes the state of the nervous system. It reduces the impact of stress, increases resistance to it, stimulates the production of dopamine and endorphins, which help the nervous system cope with stress.
By creating a feeling of joy and emotional uplift, acupuncture helps to get rid of the habit of stress eating and eliminates one of the factors of obesity.
Golden Needle Method
Based on stimulation of certain points in the ear area. The needle pierces it through and is fixed at the point - the “reason for weight gain” identified during diagnosis. It lasts from one to six months. I note that every 28-35 days a person should visit a doctor for control.
How does this method work?
The feeling of hunger is dulled, metabolic processes in the body are normalized. You achieve weight loss by burning fat deposits and at the same time tidy up your skin. In order for this option of acupuncture to achieve the desired results, you need to combine it with a light diet: we remove alcohol, flour and high-calorie foods. I'll talk about a stricter diet later.
"Advantages" of this technique:
- lack of a strict diet;
- high efficiency;
- safety;
- beneficial effect on the entire body;
- weight loss to the desired result.
Also, for weight loss in Eastern medicine, acupuncture, various massages and herbal medicine are used. Everything depends on the results of pulse diagnostics.
Acupuncture methods: contraindications
Acupuncture methods are suitable for almost everyone. Contraindications: oncology, acute infectious diseases (such as tuberculosis and various skin diseases). During lactation and pregnancy, it is also not recommended to undergo weight correction, since the body is configured to give a person life and feed the baby with good quality milk. If you are done with HA, then you can begin weight loss procedures.
Contraindications
Acupuncture for weight loss is a rather complex procedure. One should not naively believe that acupuncture has no contraindications. This weight loss option is prohibited for children and people over 70 years of age. You should not lose weight through acupuncture if a person suffers from:
- mental disorders;
- anemia;
- open form of tuberculosis;
- hemophilia;
- malignant neoplasms;
- leukemia.
Reflexology is also contraindicated for those patients who have muscular dystrophy, acute inflammatory diseases or sexually transmitted diseases. It is forbidden to lose weight using acupuncture for those who have hepatitis C or pathologies that need to be eliminated through surgery.
Eastern medicine and skepticism
I was also skeptical about unconventional, so to speak, not quite familiar methods of treatment, including oriental medicine. And when I worked as a local therapist, I used only medications in my practice - according to the scheme that we were taught at the university. But then I realized that almost all medications have side effects. I went towards Eastern medicine, because with its help we can awaken the body without harm, making it work like a Swiss watch. Of course, it’s easier to take a pill, but then everything is much more complicated...
How quickly does the effect occur?
As for the use of active biological points, you can get both an immediate and delayed effect. Thanks to acupuncture, hormones of joy are released, they remove all negative consequences, influencing bad habits. People often eat stress. He lacks endorphins, serotonin, dopamine. Acupuncture provides you with this without resorting to overeating. The result is measured by volume: this way you can better see how quickly the subcutaneous fat is lost. A person loses from 3 to 7 kilograms per month. In general, bad habits can be treated for at least one to six months. You need to watch for changes and give recommendations while changing your lifestyle.
Case from practice
A woman with type 2 diabetes lost 7 kilograms, and her blood sugar dropped almost to normal. This depends on the fluid content, since in the first weeks it is mainly lost. And then the volume of subcutaneous fat goes away.
How does acupuncture work for weight loss?
What is the essence of acupuncture that promises effective weight loss? During each procedure, the specialist inserts special acupuncture needles into the patient. The thickness of such needles does not exceed 1 mm. Length is variable. In addition, the points that are affected during the session are chosen by the specialist. After all, each of them is “responsible” for a specific system in the body.
Interesting! Often needles are inserted into the earlobe. But there are also special points in the eyebrow area. Some of them can eliminate stomach pain and stabilize appetite.
The process of inserting needles for weight loss only from the outside seems like something very scary. Reviews from patients tell a completely different story. Many people call acupuncture almost painless.
The duration of an acupuncture session is 30-60 minutes. But after the procedure, you should not immediately engage in vigorous activity. Doctors recommend resting for a quarter of an hour after acupuncture.
Why has acupuncture for weight loss been so effective and efficient? The whole point is that the specialist manages to influence certain points on the body. Thanks to this, the process of activating metabolism starts. In addition, appetite is significantly reduced. A person, according to reviews, begins to eat less. Food portions are also being reduced. As a result, the volume of the stomach decreases. Over time, a person gets used to eating little, since satiety occurs quickly. That is why using this method you can perfectly lose weight and get rid of extra pounds without harm to your health.
There are other benefits of acupuncture. This method not only helps you lose weight. Acupuncture is aimed at cleansing body tissues of:
- excess liquid;
- toxins and waste;
- excess fat.
Often the patient loses weight precisely due to the removal of excess fluid, leading to edema.
To avoid unpleasant consequences and not to nullify the entire benefit of the procedure, after acupuncture sessions that promote weight loss, it is recommended to avoid eating high-calorie and fatty foods.
Note! To lose weight more actively, losing weight through a course of acupuncture should be combined with physical activity.
Diet for weight loss (from the point of view of Tibetan medicine)
- Need to have breakfast. You cannot postpone the first meal, as the gastrointestinal tract will work half a day late.
- Lunch should be a liquid dish. Dinner - no later than seven o'clock. But at night you can eat a protein product in small quantities.
- You should only drink warm or hot water.
- Exclude foods with a sweet taste and those that cool the body: dairy products, potatoes, confectionery, flour and sausages, pork, raw vegetables, herbs and fruits, juices, sandwiches.
- There are fresh dishes. “Weekly” borscht is dead food.
- Occasionally - baking. It's better to steam it. Increase the amount of foods with spicy, salty and sour tastes.
- Add to your diet: quince, pear, sea buckthorn, raspberries, feta cheese.
- Spices: ginger, cardamom, coriander, saffron, cloves, black pepper, onion, garlic.
- After each meal, you should drink hot or warm water with honey, ginger and lemon to warm the body and generate digestive heat, as well as to increase the removal of excess mucus from the body.
- The bulk of the daily diet should be eaten between 12 and 15 hours.
- It is important not to start eating before the previous portion of food has been digested. Break - at least three hours.
- Refuse to eat if your mood is dominated by negative emotions.
When using acupuncture, people do not feel hungry and calmly switch to a proper diet.
Experts' opinion
Doctors speak positively about acupuncture for weight loss, because when used correctly, the result is achieved as quickly as possible. The technique is used not only to combat excess weight, but to strengthen the back and treat other diseases. A positive result is noted, there are no side effects. But in order for the results to really be seen, experts recommend maintaining proper nutrition, which will only complement the effectiveness of therapy.
Ideal approach
There are several most common methods of acupuncture for weight loss that are practiced in modern clinics. It is quite difficult to determine in advance which of them will be most effective for you. This can only be done by a highly qualified doctor specializing in reflexology, having familiarized himself with the results of clinical studies conducted in advance.
Ideally, the specialist evaluates and corrects the functioning of all vital internal organs during the session. Thus, the body is completely healed, and the underlying problems that led to obesity are eliminated.
The puncture areas and needle insertion points are determined strictly individually, and the therapy itself is aimed at eliminating all possible problems in the body’s functioning. Losing weight in this case is only a pleasant, but very significant bonus.
How many kilograms can you lose?
Acupuncture experts themselves claim that after the first three sessions you can get rid of 2 kg of excess weight. In general, the rate of weight loss is 8 kg per month. But you need to understand that this is all very conditional data: some experience surprise and pleasure with their appearance after the first course of acupuncture, and some are completely disappointed with the method.
No matter how strange it may sound, experts believe that it is not worth supplementing the Chinese medicine weight loss technique with physical activity. This is unlikely to speed up the process, but it will definitely reduce the level of positive attitude and can spoil the emotional background.
Before and after acupuncture
Reviews
Reviews about acupuncture for weight loss are quite contradictory. If you look through the forums where people discuss the problems of excess weight, you can find both expressions of complete delight and severe disappointment. No wonder. We have already talked about the extremely important importance of an individual approach to each patient in this technique.
As in many other eastern practices in acupuncture, the result is influenced by everything: the diameter and depth of needle insertion, the accuracy and correctness of the choice of point, and even the material of the needle itself.
Let's find out reviews from some patients who lost weight using this method:
- Forum in Yaroslavl, Irina, 27 years old: “I completed a course of 10 procedures, during which my stomach and ears were pierced. There was practically no pain, the marks from the injections went away very quickly. My appetite has decreased, but my weight has gone off slightly. I dialed it again after a couple of months. I will look for other ways!”
- Forum in Rostov, Alena, 36 years old: “I couldn’t lose weight after my second birth. I even tried taking pills - the weight went away and came back again. After the needle, Mukhina lost 8 kilograms in 3 months. But most importantly, much smaller portions began to be enough. I took the needle off, but I continue to lose weight. I’m already trying to control it myself so as not to get corroded.”
- Forum in St. Petersburg, Inna, 19 years old: “Since childhood, I was a chubby girl and before everything suited me. But I met a guy, everything seems to be fine, but I see that he is looking at slimmer girls. I can’t deny myself the pleasure of eating delicious food. I placed the needle according to Faleev. At first it hurt, then I began to forget about it. I caught myself not wanting to eat as much as before. The weight began to gradually come off.”
As you can see, the forums basically confirm that there really are results from the procedures. But to keep it you need to make your own efforts.
Operating principle
But how can ordinary needles make a person lose weight? In fact, this is possible, you just need to understand what the very principle of acupuncture is based on. Over many centuries, Eastern healers have identified many biologically active points on the human body. They left us a legacy of entire atlases with their detailed locations.
By introducing a very thin needle into points that are projections of internal organs, you can stimulate or inhibit their work.
Interestingly, by influencing points located on the face, ears and feet, you can correct the functioning of almost the entire body. This is what modern specialists do, effectively using acupuncture for weight loss.
