What are the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture for weight loss? What is the specific principle of acupuncture for weight loss?

Many people have heard or seen about acupuncture, but most people have never tried acupuncture. Acupuncture, as an important traditional Chinese medicine method, has its unique role in treating a variety of diseases. In addition to treating illnesses, acupuncture is said to help with weight loss. So what are the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture for weight loss? What is the specific principle of acupuncture for weight loss?

1. Characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture for weight loss

In the long-term medical practice, acupuncture has formed a system consisting of fourteen meridians, eight extra meridians, fifteen special meridians, and twelve special meridians. The meridian theory consisting of 12 meridians, 12 meridians, 12 skin parts, sun collaterals, and floating collaterals, as well as 361 acupoints and odd points outside the meridian and other acupoints and their main diseases, and the discovery of specific connections between specific parts of the human body. Laws created the meridian theory, and thus produced a system of methods for treating diseases.

Because acupuncture therapy has unique advantages, wide adaptability, rapid and significant curative effect, simple and easy operation methods, economical medical expenses, and very few side effects, as far back as the Tang Dynasty, Chinese acupuncture has spread to Japan, Korea, India, Arabia and other countries, and it has blossomed in other countries and developed acupuncture medicine with exotic characteristics. So far, acupuncture has spread to more than 140 countries and regions around the world, playing a huge role in protecting the life and health of all mankind.

The scientific and cultural knowledge of acupuncture, which has grown up in the specific natural and social environment of China's past dynasties, contains the unique spirit, thinking and cultural essence of the Chinese nation, and contains a large number of practical observations, knowledge systems and techniques. Skills embody the powerful vitality and creativity of the Chinese nation. They are the crystallization of the wisdom of the Chinese nation and the treasure of all human civilization. They should be better protected and utilized.

Acupuncture can treat many conditions and is used for beauty. The most common ones are for treating acne and weight loss in adults.

The principle of acupuncture and acne removal: According to each person’s specific causes of acne, such as lung fire, stomach fire, or spleen and stomach imbalance, a targeted acupuncture conditioning plan is formulated to treat the disease and achieve smooth meridians. , to achieve the purpose of acne removal and beauty.

1: Principle of acupuncture for weight loss

Acupuncture for weight loss adjusts the functions of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenocortical and sympathetic-adrenal medulla systems by stimulating the meridians and acupoints, and accelerates the basal metabolic rate , thereby promoting fat metabolism, increasing heat production, and consuming accumulated fat; thereby adjusting, improving, and repairing the body's own balance.

Acupuncture for weight loss strengthens the body and removes evil spirits, stimulates acupoints, and adjusts meridians to strengthen spleen and kidney functions and support healthy qi. It also removes evil spirits stagnated in the body through dredging of meridians. It not only achieves the overall weight loss effect, And it can eliminate local fat to achieve the purpose of local weight loss.

First: Losing weight through acupuncture can effectively regulate the lipid metabolism process. The lipid peroxide in the body of obese patients is higher than the normal value. After acupuncture opens the body's key points for weight loss, it can reduce the lipid peroxide content in the body and accelerate the metabolism of fat, thereby achieving the purpose of weight loss.

Second, it can correct the patient's abnormal appetite. By regulating the nervous system, it can inhibit excessive gastric acid secretion and achieve the purpose of not being tired or hungry. After acupuncture, the emptying of the stomach slows down, and the stomach is no longer empty, so you will naturally feel full and less likely to want to eat.

Third, it lies in effectively regulating endocrine disorders. The incidence of endocrine disorders in obese patients is extremely high. Why do women who have given birth to children gain weight? It is not only due to overnutrition, but also the endocrine balance that is broken after giving birth, causing weight gain. When women reach menopause, endocrine disorders also cause weight gain. . When using acupuncture to lose weight, the two systems of "hypothalamic pituitary adrenal cortex" and "sympathetic adrenocortex" are regulated to correct endocrine disorders and accelerate fat metabolism, thus achieving the purpose of losing weight.

There are many ways to lose weight at present, but acupuncture has a unique therapeutic effect, which is safe and convenient, and has no adverse reactions. Acupuncture weight loss is different from drug weight loss. The effects of drugs usually have a certain period of time. Acupuncture weight loss exerts an endogenous effect by adjusting the patient's internal functions, so it is generally not possible to gain weight soon after the acupuncture weight loss treatment is stopped. In other words, acupuncture weight loss generally does not rebound. Nowadays, acupuncture weight loss has attracted much attention from scholars at home and abroad, and it is the most effective method of healthy weight loss. In particular, acupuncture can treat obesity, simple obesity, etc. caused by endocrine disorders. It can quickly reduce excess fat, tighten the skin, and prevent sagging and wrinkles without affecting physical health.

Acupuncture weight loss is suitable for people who have failed to lose weight in the long term and who have failed to lose weight with medication. It has the advantages of obese patients not needing to diet, not needing heavy exercise, and not having the pain of surgery.

TCM acupuncture: the collective name for acupuncture and moxibustion. Acupuncture involves inserting filiform needles into certain acupuncture points on the patient's body, and using acupuncture techniques such as twisting and lifting to treat diseases; moxibustion involves pressing burning moxa down on certain acupoints to burn the skin, and using heat stimulation to treat the disease. disease. Acupuncture has distinctive Han cultural characteristics and regional characteristics, and is a valuable heritage based on the Han medical and scientific traditions. China successfully applied for world intangible cultural heritage on November 16, 2010.

Efficacy

1. Unblocking the meridians: It can unblock the blocked meridians and exert their normal physiological effects. It is the most basic and direct therapeutic effect of acupuncture. Meridians "belong to the internal organs and externally to the limbs", and the movement of qi and blood is one of their main physiological functions. The meridians are blocked and the circulation of qi and blood is blocked. The clinical manifestations include pain, numbness, swelling, ecchymosis and other symptoms. The acupuncture department selects corresponding acupoints and acupuncture techniques, and uses triangular needles to puncture bleeding, etc. to make the meridians unobstructed and the qi and blood to run normally.

2. Reconciling yin and yang: Improving the human body from an imbalanced state of yin and yang to a balanced state is the ultimate goal of acupuncture treatment. The mechanism of disease occurrence is complex, but generally it can be summarized as an imbalance of yin and yang. The method of acupuncture to reconcile yin and yang is accomplished by improving the yin and yang properties of meridians, compatibility of meridian points and acupuncture techniques.

3. Strengthening the body and dispelling evil: It can support the body's healthy energy and expel disease and evil. The process of occurrence, development and recovery of disease is essentially a process of struggle between good and evil. Acupuncture cures diseases by exerting its function of strengthening the body and dispelling evil.

Application for World Heritage

In September 2010, Wang Guoqiang, Vice Minister of Health and Director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, revealed that the "Chinese Acupuncture" application plan has been submitted to the United Nations.

According to the Voice of China's "Central Broadcasting News" report, on September 13, 2010, it was confirmed from the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine that my country has submitted a request to UNESCO to include "TCM acupuncture" in the World African Application for tangible cultural heritage. It is reported that as early as 2006, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine submitted the "Draft for National Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection of Traditional Chinese Medicine" to the Ministry of Culture, which "packaged" eight parts including TCM theory, health preservation, traditional Chinese medicine, and acupuncture. "Into a big item. This time, China did not choose the strategy of applying for a World Heritage List of traditional Chinese medicine as a whole.

The UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage reviewed and approved China’s application projects "Traditional Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture" and "Peking Opera" in Nairobi on the 16th, and included them in the "Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity" .

The successful inclusion of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture in the "Representative List of Human Intangible Cultural Heritage" will not only make the legendary filiform needles and mugwort leaves available to more people, but will also set the stage for the development of the entire traditional Chinese medicine industry. Set a new historical coordinate. But the issue of his "successor" is worrying. The relevant person in charge of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine said that they will formulate a comprehensive publicity and protection plan, especially to carry out research on the protection of intangible cultural heritage of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture, and to improve the inheritance mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture, so as to achieve perfection. The historical responsibility of China’s thousand-year medical civilization.

On November 24, 2010, Guo Xiaoyu, Vice Minister of Health and Director of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wang Guoqiang, said at a press conference today that the successful application for World Heritage does not mean a price increase. There is a difference between the successful application and the price. There is no necessary connection.

Related clinics

We learned from the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine that there are TCM and acupuncture clinics opened by Chinese or local people in most parts of the world. According to reports, there are more than 11,000 registered professional acupuncturists in the United States, 30,000 acupuncturists in Germany, more than 5,000 acupuncturists in Mexico, 4,500 acupuncturists and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in Australia, and more than 15,000 acupuncturists in Brazil. There are 1,500 Chinese medicine practitioners in Singapore, 7,707 registered Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncture practitioners in Hong Kong SAR, and even Kiribati, a South Pacific island country with a population of only 20,000, has two Chinese medicine clinics. These numerous and widely distributed TCM and acupuncture clinics have laid a broad foundation for TCM to go global.

In the past 20 years, there have been new developments in traditional Chinese medicine clinics abroad. In countries such as South Korea, the United States, Vietnam, France, and Brazil, some government-run Western medicine hospitals have opened acupuncture clinics, and some have also set up traditional Chinese medicine clinics, which has improved the status of acupuncturists.

Some clinics hold acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine teaching and become internship clinics for local medical students, which not only trains local talents in traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture, but also improves the academic level of the clinic.

Some traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncturists also participate in local government decision-making. In 1999, the Canadian federal Department of Health established the Office of Natural Health Products, and two of the 17 members were Chinese botanical experts. In 2001, the United States hired a Chinese TCM physician as the presidential traditional medicine advisor, and Australia hired a Chinese TCM physician as a member of the newly established Traditional Chinese Medicine Registration Bureau in Victoria. In 2002, the British Ministry of Health established a herbal medicine management group, and two of its members were Chinese medicine practitioners who graduated from the China College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

In foreign countries, most Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists have participated in various Chinese medicine and acupuncture societies composed of them. The society not only plays a role in improving academic standards, but also strives for legal status for traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncturists. When the local government promulgates relevant policies that are not conducive to traditional Chinese medicine, learn to use legal means to fight and protect the reputation and status of traditional Chinese medicine abroad.

Treatment Principles

1. Reconciling Yin and Yang Under normal circumstances, the two aspects of Yin and Yang in the human body are in relative balance. The therapeutic effect of acupuncture is first to reconcile Yin and Yang; , basically achieved through the compatibility of meridians, acupoints and acupuncture techniques. For example, toothache caused by excessive stomach fire is due to excessive yang heat. The treatment should be to clear and purge the stomach fire. Take the inner court of the Stomach Meridian of Foot Yangming and perform acupuncture and purge method to clear and purge the stomach heat. Stomach pain caused by cold evil injuring the stomach belongs to the overabundance of yin evil. It should be treated by warming the middle and dispersing the cold. Take the Zusanli acupoint on the stomach meridian of Zuyangming and the Zhongwan acupoint on the stomach meridian. Use acupuncture and purgative methods, and moxibustion to dispel the cold. evil. A large number of modern clinical observations and experimental studies have fully proved that acupuncture has a significant adjustment effect on the functional activities of various organs and tissues, especially in pathological conditions, this adjustment effect is more obvious. Generally speaking, it has an inhibitory effect on hyperactive, excited, and spastic tissues and organs, while it has an stimulating effect on weak, inhibited, and flaccid tissues and organs. This adjustment is benign and bidirectional. This is one of the basic reasons why acupuncture can treat many diseases. If the pathological disorders of tissues and organs are related to the theory of yin and yang, both can be explained by yin and yang. Therefore, acupuncture regulates pathological disorders, that is, it regulates the imbalance of yin and yang.

2. Strengthening the body and dispelling evils

Acupuncture has the effect of strengthening the body and removing evils, which is specifically manifested as tonifying deficiency and purging excess. Acupuncture's ability to replenish deficiency and purge excess is reflected in three aspects. First, acupuncture. For example, moxibustion is mostly used to replenish deficiency, and blood pricking is mostly used to purge excess. Second, acupuncture techniques. Doctors from ancient and modern times have summarized a variety of replenishing and purgative techniques. ; The third is the compatibility of acupoints. Based on long-term and extensive clinical experience, many acupoints have different tonic and purgative effects, such as Gaoming, Qihai, Guanyuan, Zusanli, Mingmen, etc., which have tonic effects and are mostly used during strengthening; and Shixuan, Zhongji and Shuigou have purgative effects and are mostly used to dispel evil. Modern clinical practice and experimental research have proven that acupuncture can enhance the body's immune function and resist the invasion of various pathogenic factors, and this effect is similar to the "strengthening and eliminating evil" of traditional Chinese medicine.

3. Dredge meridians

Acupuncture can dredge meridians and regulate qi and blood through stimulation of acupoints, thereby achieving the purpose of treating diseases. Acupuncture relieves pain and unblocks meridians and relieves obstructions.

2. Partial weight loss method

1. Straighten your back when sitting upright

Many people think that losing weight is very difficult. In fact, losing weight is not It’s not as difficult as you think, especially waist slimming. As long as you correct your sitting posture and keep your chest straight and your belly tight, you can achieve a very good waist slimming effect. Always remind yourself to hold your chest straight, shrink your belly, straighten your waist, and sit like you’re hanging. Even if you can't maintain it all the time, if you do it as soon as you think about it, you may lose 2 pounds or more of cumbersome fat from your belly.

2. Spin the hula hoop

Try the hula hoop while watching TV. Hula hoop can consume about 5 calories per kilogram in less than an hour. With a 45 kilogram weight Taking your weight as an example, you can consume about 45 (kg) x 5 calories = 225 calories in one hour. As long as you keep doing it, you will definitely become a slim-waisted beauty.

3. Be a diligent woman

If you want to lose weight, don’t always bother with hourly workers and various household appliances. If you want to wash clothes, wash them yourself, after meals. Housework such as cleaning the kitchen, mopping the floor, and wiping the furniture can not only avoid your bad habit of sitting or lying down after meals, but also prevent fat from accumulating in your belly, allowing you to easily lose belly fat and achieve weight loss quickly. waist effect.

4. Eat at least 3 apples and 3 ounces of vegetables every day

If you want to reduce your belly, you will often lose weight. If you want to lose weight all over, you must control your total calorie intake. It seems very necessary. If you want to control the total calories, fruits and vegetables are very necessary. They can not only make you feel full, but also reduce your desire to eat desserts. In addition, eat more fiber-rich foods. Food can effectively treat constipation. Constipation is often one of the culprits that cause your belly to bulge. In this case, it is reasonable to slim down your belly.

5. Eight glasses of water a day and less carbonated drinks

Drinking a glass of boiled water after getting up early every day can speed up gastrointestinal motility and expel the garbage and metabolites from the body the night before. Outside the body, it reduces the chance of belly fat appearing. Try to drink less drinks with high sugar content such as carbonated drinks. The high calories contained in them will make your belly bulge like a balloon.

6. Don’t drink alcohol

No matter what kind of alcohol it is, beer, cocktails, liquor, or other forms of alcoholic beverages, it is the killer of the accumulation of fat on your abdomen. Although alcohol It does not contain fat, but it is not low in calories. A cup of alcoholic beverage of about 200ml can have 100 calories. Regular drinking increases cortisol levels in your body, a powerful hormone that helps store fat in the lower abdomen.

7. Sit-ups

If you want to lose abdominal fat, you must control the rhythm of sit-ups and do not do too many sit-ups at the beginning. Doing it can easily lead to muscle soreness. Don't be greedy for more practices. You can slowly start from five times a minute, and then slowly increase upwards until you can do about 30 times per minute. It must be noted that you must use your waist to exert force. Only in this way can you effectively slim down your waist.