What Is Acupuncture Weight Loss?
Modern medicine holds that simple obesity is often associated with endocrine disorders involving various hormones—especially insulin, sex hormones, adrenal cortical hormones, and leptin—which can be regulated via acupuncture to restore normal function. Meanwhile, traditional Chinese medicine analyzes obesity through organ differentiation, primarily relating it to dysfunctions of the liver, spleen, and kidney. Acupuncture helps regulate these organs, restoring their normal functions. Based on the principle of syndrome differentiation and individualized treatment, acupuncture and acupoint stimulation comprehensively adjust the nervous and endocrine systems in obese individuals. Acupuncture weight loss works by suppressing the heightened appetite in obese patients, reducing food intake, while simultaneously inhibiting overactive gastrointestinal digestion and absorption, thereby decreasing energy intake. At the same time, it promotes energy metabolism, increases energy expenditure, mobilizes body fat, and accelerates fat breakdown—ultimately achieving weight loss. During acupuncture treatment, the following points may be targeted: LI-10 (Hand Sanli), SP-6 (Sanyinjiao), GB-31 (Fengshi), and CV-12 (Zhongwan).