Recently, there is a kind of "belly button paste" on the Internet, which claims to be the same as the principle of navel warming moxibustion in traditional Chinese medicine. As long as you stick 1 tablet on your navel every day, you can lose 5 to 20 kilograms after 40 days, which makes many dieters eager to try. However, female traditional Chinese medicine reminds that not all obesity types are suitable for warming navel moxibustion, and it is also a lazy slimming method. There are three safer, cheaper and more effective methods than belly button stickers!

Warm moxibustion on navel helps to lose weight and is only suitable for "deficiency-cold constitution"

Traditional Chinese medicine in Zhang Wenxin said that the navel is the only channel for the fetus to get nutrition from its mother and shape its body and spirit, and it is regarded as the gate of Yuan God. From the meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine, navel is also a big health point "Shenque point". This is the thinnest place of human skin, and there is no subcutaneous fat directly connected with peritoneum, which has the best absorption effect on Chinese herbal medicine. Therefore, it is very common for clinicians to apply moxibustion at the navel, but the medicine particles made of this folium Artemisiae Argyi will not directly contact the skin. In ancient times, ginger slices or aconite cakes were used, and modern people also use heaters with higher safety to prevent burns.

Moxibustion, commonly used in navel and specific acupoints around it, is warm and sweet, and has the effects of warming meridians and dredging collaterals, promoting qi and blood circulation, warming uterus and dispelling cold, which can improve endocrine disorders, enhance reproductive function and really help to lose weight. However, it should be noted that warm moxibustion on navel is not suitable for all obese people, and usually only helps obese people with deficiency-cold constitution!

When modern people use moxibustion, they will use a warm moxibustion device with high safety as an interval to prevent burns. Long-term indiscriminate use of navel stickers, be careful not to lose weight and get eczema.

However, Chinese medicine in Zhang Wenxin emphasizes that even if the navel is warm, it can help fat people with deficiency-cold constitution to lose weight quickly, but there is absolutely no weight loss effect after waking up without dieting. In addition, the skin of the navel itself is very thin. If people stick medicinal materials or patches directly on their navel for a long time, even if they don't take them off when sleeping, they may find that they haven't lost weight in a few days, and skin problems such as sensitivity or eczema will be reported first, which is not worth the candle.