The slimming stickers bought by Taobao have no effect. According to the Life Times, there is also navel moxibustion therapy in Chinese medicine, which can promote metabolism and reduce fat, and has a certain improvement effect on people with weak constitution and patients with gastrointestinal dysfunction, neurasthenia, cold blood stasis and poor blood circulation. Belly-navel stickers also use the same principle, and its traditional Chinese medicine ingredients such as hawthorn, poria cocos and cassia seed really help to lose weight and relax bowels. After they are absorbed subcutaneously by Shenque point, some people may have the effects of relaxing bowels, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and losing weight.

But Chinese medicine pays attention to syndrome differentiation according to constitution, and there are many types of obesity. The traditional Chinese medicine ingredients contained in belly button patch may have a certain effect on spleen and stomach qi stagnation obesity, but it is ineffective on other types of obesity.