The navel is called Shenque point in Chinese medicine. Moxibustion at Shenque point has a certain effect on losing weight, but it is not aimed at all types of obesity. For obesity with spleen deficiency and dampness, the effect may be relatively better, because moxibustion at Shenque point can mainly warm meridians to dispel cold and warm water to remove dampness, but it is not only moxibustion at Shenque point that can achieve the effect of losing weight. Usually need to cooperate with water, Yin Jiao, Tian Shu, Yin Ling Quan, Sanyinjiao and other acupoints.
Obese patients with spleen deficiency and dampness are usually flabby, unlike obese patients with gastrointestinal heat accumulation, whose muscles are tight and hard to touch. Such patients usually say that they don't eat much, but drinking water will make them fat and their stools will not be shaped.
Moxibustion is mainly suitable for deficiency-dampness obesity, so moxibustion can be used with this kind of obesity. Usually the acupoints of moxibustion are Shenque, Shu Tian, Daheng, Shuiwu, Yinjiao and the acupoints around Shenque. In addition, there are acupuncture points on both sides of the spleen meridian, acupuncture points on the spleen meridian and stomach meridian, and waterways and the like below. In addition, Sanyinjiao, Yinlingquan and other acupoints are used in conjunction with distant acupoints. Although they are all just for reducing abdomen, it is not enough to use acupuncture points on the stomach alone, but it is still necessary to take acupuncture points along the distal meridians.