Acupuncture is a part of Chinese medicine and can also play an important role in the process of losing weight. Acupuncture weight loss, which is popular in society now, is not well understood by many people. In fact, acupuncture weight loss achieved the effect of reducing body fat accumulation and losing weight by acupuncture or moxibustion at meridians and acupoints.
Acupuncture weight loss's principle is mainly to adjust the metabolic function and endocrine function of human body. Acupuncture can reduce the digestion level of food in the stomach and delay the time for food to be discharged from the stomach after eating. The content of a hormone 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 this hormone in the periphery 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 energy and consume accumulated fat.
Second, is acupuncture weight loss really effective?
Generally speaking, acupuncture weight loss is effective, especially for obese young people aged 20-50. Because at this age, the human body is relatively mature and various functions are relatively sound, it is easier to adjust various metabolic functions of the body through acupuncture treatment, promote fat decomposition, and achieve the effect of losing weight and lowering blood fat.
During the treatment of acupuncture weight loss, anorexia, thirst, frequent urination and fatigue may occur, which is normal. Because through acupuncture treatment, the internal functions of the body are constantly adjusted, metabolism is accelerated, and energy is constantly consumed, some clinical symptoms appear. These symptoms will disappear when the body regains its balance.
The effect of acupuncture weight loss is related to the season and climate. Usually, the effect is faster in spring and summer and slower in autumn and winter. This is because the human body has a strong metabolism in spring and summer, and natural excretion is smooth, which is conducive to weight loss. If the symptoms such as dizziness, pain and nausea are all adverse reactions of acupuncture during acupuncture, the treatment should be interrupted immediately to prevent danger.
3. What are the hazards in acupuncture weight loss?
Although acupuncture weight loss has a certain effect, acupuncture is in the medical field after all. If used improperly, it may have certain hazards, including:
1, visceral damage
According to the survey, many life beauty salons have acupuncture weight loss projects, and they often attract customers with the slogan of "lose weight quickly" and "get results with one shot", but in fact, it is completely illegal for life beauty salons to carry out this kind of acupuncture weight loss. Because of improper acupuncture, visceral injuries such as heart, lung and liver occurred.
2, dizzy needle coma
When you are in acupuncture weight loss, don't stick the needle in your abdomen too deep, or you may hurt your organs. Especially for young women with thin abdominal wall, more attention should be paid. In addition, acupuncturists should also have the ability to deal with abnormal phenomena such as needle halo, needle stagnation, needle bending and needle folding.
3, infected with infectious diseases
Some unqualified acupuncture clinics do not follow the basic principle of one person, one needle at a time, and have no disinfection equipment, so they are easy to be infected, because if non-disposable acupuncture needles are used, they should be put away and soaked after each acupuncture point, and then disinfected at high temperature and high pressure to prevent infectious diseases from spreading through acupuncture needles. Simply soaking in disinfectant can't solve the problem.