What is the effect of acupuncture weight loss and what is its mechanism?
Acupuncture weight loss is really effective, and it has become popular all over the world, with no side effects and complete convenience, and it is very popular with obese people. Up to now, the curative effect of various acupuncture therapies is about 73.3% ~ 89%, and related laboratory research provides a basis for clinical treatment.
According to related research, acupuncture can reduce the level of basic gastric activity and delay gastric emptying after meals. The content of 5-HT in simple obesity is higher than the normal level, which leads to abnormal digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular and endocrine functions. Acupuncture can reduce the level of peripheral 5-HT and restore the physiological function to normal. Acupuncture can also enhance the functions of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal cortex and sympathetic-adrenal medulla, promote fat metabolism, increase heat production and consume accumulated fat.
What are the commonly used acupuncture weight loss methods?
According to the related medical literature, this paper introduces several commonly used acupuncture weight loss methods:
(1) Take Liang Qiu and Gongsun points, one point at a time, and alternately use the lower method. After the acupuncture is strong, connect the electroacupuncture instrument for 20 minutes. After starting acupuncture, wheat intradermal acupuncture was used at the acupoints at that time, and acupuncture along the subcutaneous layer was about 1cm, and the needle was kept for 3 days, 10 times as a course of treatment, with a total of 3 courses. 42 cases of simple obesity were treated, in which 14 cases lost more than 5kg, 17 cases lost weight 1kg ~ 5kg, 1 1 case was ineffective. The total effective rate was 73.8%. 34 cases of abdominal obesity were treated with plum blossom needle acupuncture at Shu Tian, Daheng, Qihai and Guanyuan points, all of which were improved to varying degrees.
2 shoulder? After coming back from Touquchi and Liang Qiu Touzhuaguan, press and twist with 28 # thick awn needle (needle length 1 ~ 2 feet), and keep it for 30 minutes when the needle feels strong, once a day, six times as a course of treatment, and take a day off for the next course of treatment. * * * 70 cases were treated, and 35 cases were significantly effective (those who lost more than 8kg); Effective (weight loss over 4kg) 3 1 case; 4 cases were ineffective (weight loss less than 4kg).
(3) The acupoints are mainly the stomach meridian of Foot Yangming and the spleen meridian of Foot Taiyin. Take Juxu, Fenglong, Neiting, Quchi, Sanyinjiao and Yanglingquan. And cooperate with the spleen and stomach of auricular points. Clinical addition and subtraction: Shu Tian and Zhigou are added to the body point of intestinal dryness and constipation, and lung and large intestine are added to the ear point; For those who are prone to hunger, the body point plus Zusanli (heavy diarrhea); For those who gain weight automatically, Shenshu point and Sanyinjiao point are added to the body point, and Shenshu point is added to the ear point; Postpartum obesity, add Ququan and Shimen to body points and screen room to ear points; For irregular menstruation, acupuncture points should be equipped with ground machine and blood sea, and ear points should be equipped with screen room; Lower extremity edema, add water to body points and triple energizer to ear points, and keep needles for 20-30 minutes every other day 1 time, 15 times is 1 course of treatment. Seeds or needles are buried in ear points. Patients are required to press 1 min half an hour before eating every day, once every five days, 6 times as a course of treatment, and the ears alternate. Among 37 cases of obesity, the recent clinical cure was 12 cases, accounting for 32.43%; 5 cases were markedly effective, accounting for 13 and 51%respectively; Effective 14 cases, accounting for 37.84%; 6 cases were ineffective, accounting for16.22%; The total effective rate was 83.78%.
(4) Li Zhenlin applied acupuncture based on TCM syndrome differentiation, and obese patients selected Neiguan, Shuishui, Shu Tian, Guanyuan, Fenglong, Sanyinjiao and Legqog. If the stomach is strong and the spleen is weak, and the damp heat accumulates, take Quchi, Zhigou, Siman and Sanyinjiao (the same as Xie Ping); Chambers and abdominal knots (diarrhea is used above); For those with unbalanced chong and ren and disharmony of pulse, take the branch ditch and the central column (above, use the flat step Xie Ping); Guan Yuan, Dai Mai, Xue Hai and Taixi. 300 cases were treated every other day 1 time, and the needle was kept for half an hour. 15 times is a course of treatment, and the effective rate is 89%.
The principle of ear acupuncture to lose weight and how to choose the prescription.
Why can auricular acupuncture treat obesity? Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the five zang-fu organs, nine orifices in the skin and all the bones in the limbs are closely related to the auricle through the meridians, so there are sayings that "the ear is the pulse confluence" and "the twelve meridians are 365 meridians, and the qi and blood are all in the exterior and empty orifices". Auricular acupuncture and auricular point sticking therapy aims at dredging the meridians, dredging qi and blood, dispersing lung qi and turbidity, promoting diuresis and reducing blood fat. Modern medicine believes that the effectiveness of this technology has both physiological and psychological factors. There are abundant nerves and blood vessels in the ear, especially in the triangular fossa of the concha. Stimulating the nerves there can regulate the metabolic imbalance of the body. In particular, stimulating vagus nerve can affect insulin value, suppress appetite and achieve the purpose of losing weight. Psychology: It is believed that this kind of stimulation can make patients feel bored in time. Because patients can resist the intention of eating more at will, in order to break the habitual response to promote their eating intention and start to establish a new conditioned response to reduce eating signals. This supports weight control from a psychological point of view.
So far, there are several ways to lose weight by ear acupuncture, such as acupuncture, skin embedding needle, water acupuncture, electroacupuncture and pressing beans at acupoints. The most commonly used methods are burying needles in the skin and pressing beans at acupoints:
(1) Intradermal needle embedding: Select 1 ~ 3 acupoints at a time, after strict skin disinfection, use a button needle or a U-shaped needle to penetrate into the skin of the acupoints, moderately stimulate them, and then fix them with adhesive tape. It is rotated every 4 ~ 7 days, and the ears are used alternately. During needle retention, press with your fingers for 2 ~ 3 minutes before eating or when you feel hungry, and 6 ~ 7 times is 1.
(2) Acupoint pressing bean method: After selecting the right acupoints, apply cowherb seed, white mustard seed or radish seed to the acupoints with adhesive tape, and press them with food and thumb until they are sore or sore, or press them with your fingers before eating or when you feel hungry. Change once a week, and use both ears at the same time or alternately. Five times is 1 course of treatment.
Acupoints and prescriptions of auricular acupuncture for weight loss
(1) Common acupoints for losing weight
Lung: two points around the heart.
Sanjiao: acupoints between the mouth, endocrine, subcortical and lung.
Large intestine: in the upper third of the spiral angle.
Spleen: in the lower part of the liver point of the left ear (this area is the liver point of the right ear).
Stomach: where the spiral angle disappears.
Hunger point (external nose): the center of the tragus.
Endocrine: at the bottom of the gap between the screens.
Kidney: at the lower edge of the lower foot of the antihelix, just above the small intestine point.
Brain point: the upper edge of tragus, the midpoint of the connecting line between brain stem point and asthma.
Mouth: In the concha cavity, near the posterior wall of external auditory canal.
Shenmen: in the triangular fossa, near the junction of the middle and lower third of the upper foot of the helix.
(2) Ear acupuncture prescription
① triple energizer, lung, mouth, spleen, endocrine and hunger points.
② Lung, spleen, kidney, triple energizer and endocrine.
③ Mouth, esophagus, spleen, stomach, hunger and endocrine.
④ Hunger point, Shenmen point and brain point.
Each prescription acupoint is used alternately in turn.
What should I pay attention to when I lose weight by ear acupuncture?
Ear acupuncture is only suitable for people who meet the obesity standard, but not for overweight people to avoid malnutrition.
Ear acupuncture can't lose weight immediately, and the effect mostly appears in 1 ~ 2 course of treatment. Those who don't lose weight can be treated for several courses to be effective. Refractory obesity needs long-term treatment.
At the same time of auricular acupuncture treatment, we should control diet, strengthen exercise and keep defecation unobstructed.
Ear acupuncture is only suitable for simple obesity, but it is not effective for secondary obesity and drug-induced obesity.
When using ear acupuncture to lose weight, strict disinfection rules should be followed to prevent infection. If the auricle is damaged or inflamed, treatment should be prohibited. Once acupoint infection occurs, the treatment should be stopped immediately and the local area should be disinfected. If you have a fever, use antibiotics.
For elderly patients, children and obese patients with hypertension and arteriosclerosis, proper rest should be taken before and after acupuncture to prevent accidents.
Sometimes accidents (dizziness, nausea, vomiting, palpitations, etc. ) it can happen when using ear acupuncture to lose weight, and it must be prevented and handled in time.