The navel has no stratum corneum and extraperitoneal fat, which is an ideal route of administration, free from the influence of gastric enzymes and avoiding the first-pass effect of the liver, so the fat reduction process is safe, physical, effective and has no side effects.
Chinese medicine believes that obesity is due to accumulation of phlegm and dampness in the body. These are pathological products of visceral disorders, abnormal body fluid metabolism, coagulation or stagnation in some parts of the body. Spleen is responsible for digestion and absorption, and is the source of phlegm and dampness. Eating too much sweets or doing too little exercise will damage the spleen, so the function of transporting water and nutrition will be reduced, while Shui Gu's essence can't biochemical essence and blood, so it will accumulate into paste, phlegm and turbidity, leading to obesity.