Acupuncture weight loss is a traditional Chinese medicine therapy, and its mechanism is mainly to regulate the metabolic function and endocrine function of human body. Acupuncture stimulation of acupoints can achieve a variety of therapeutic and regulatory effects, such as inhibiting excessive appetite, promoting energy metabolism of the body, and ultimately achieving the purpose of consuming and decomposing excess fat in the body. In addition, acupuncture weight loss can also regulate the imbalance between yin and yang, and improve constipation, irregular menstruation, fatigue and other symptoms.

The poor curative effect of acupuncture weight loss is mostly secondary to hypothalamic diseases, pituitary diseases, islet diseases, hypothyroidism, adrenocortical hyperfunction, and secondary obesity patients who take hormones or sedatives for a long time.