Acupressure for Weight Control

Acupuncture.  I combined body acupuncture with auricular acupuncture points. For the body, the most important points are ST-34,  Liang Qiu points and SP-4, Gong Sun.  Liang Qiu points belong to the stomach meridian and can inhibit stomach activity and make the food absorption slower and decrease the appetite.  Gong Sun SP-4 is a point of the spleen, which can increase the body’s metabolism and decrease the appetite, too.  Ren 12 (Zhong Wan) and Ren 3 (Guang Yuan) are local points adjacent to the stomach and intestine, they directly affect and facilitate the bowel movement, therefore, inhibit the absorption of the food in the GI system.

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Auricular needles are the most important part for weight loss program. I chose the points of spleen,  stomach, liver, small intestine and Sheng Meng.  These points can inhibit stomach activity, slow the absorption of nutrition from food in the stomach and small intestine, also improve energy of human body and decrease the stress and depression.  The patients should press the ear needles to lessen their craving for food while she or he feels hungry.  The points on the liver, endocrine and Sheng Meng may reduce the stress and anxiety, in  adjunction with the points of spleen, stomach and small intestine, to decrease the craving sensation.  It is possible to  substitute vegetable or plastic seeds in place of the needles, for those who fear needles, and generally speaking, they will have
the same effect.