Obesity is an important trigger for various chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and hypertension. According to statistics from the World Health Organization, about 2 billion people worldwide are overweight or obese, and this number continues to grow. In the face of such a situation, how can we not feel anxious?
Many people often feel powerless in the face of busy work, studies, and complex dietary management, thus falling into a cycle. For those “lazy” individuals who want to lose weight but lack the time and energy to exercise, is there a healthy and efficient weight-loss method?
Currently, weight loss has become a social trend, with various weight-loss methods and products emerging endlessly. Many people, in pursuit of rapid weight loss, easily fall into common pitfalls. For example, excessive dieting and the misuse of weight-loss medications not only yield poor results and are likely to rebound but may also cause irreversible harm to the body.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach are fundamental for postnatal health, mainly responsible for the transformation and transportation of nutrients. If the spleen and stomach function is disrupted, it can lead to water retention and phlegm accumulation, resulting in obesity. In addition, the kidneys control water; insufficient kidney yang can cause metabolic disorders of fluids, which can also easily lead to obesity.
The occurrence of obesity is closely linked to the dysfunction of the body’s organs and metabolic disorders of qi, blood, and fluids; therefore, weight loss should focus on regulating the spleen and stomach and warming the kidneys to reinforce yang.
Here are six commonly used acupoints for scientific weight loss, suitable for lazy individuals:
1. Zhongwan Point: Located in the upper abdomen, on the midline, 4 inches above the navel. Moxibustion on the Zhongwan Point helps to harmonize the stomach, strengthen the spleen, and promote digestion, reducing abdominal fat accumulation.
2. Guanyuan Point: Located in the lower abdomen, 3 inches below the navel, on the midline of the body. Moxibustion on the Guanyuan Point helps to boost kidney yang and support the body’s foundational energy, enhancing yang energy, promoting metabolism, improving blood circulation, and accelerating fat burning.
3. Tian Shu Point: Located in the mid-abdomen, level with the navel, 2 inches away from the navel. Moxibustion on the Tian Shu Point helps to regulate qi stagnation and aids digestion and bowel movement, promoting intestinal peristalsis, enhancing spleen and stomach function, expelling toxins and waste from the body, and aiding weight loss.
4. Da Heng Point: Located in the mid-abdomen, 4 inches away from the navel. Moxibustion on the Da Heng Point helps to regulate qi, alleviate pain, and promote intestinal function, facilitating gastrointestinal peristalsis, improving spleen and stomach function, and assisting in the regulation of the digestive system for weight loss.
5. Feng Long Point: Located on the outer side of the calf, 8 inches above the outer ankle, at the outer edge of the tibialis anterior muscle. Moxibustion on the Feng Long Point helps to eliminate phlegm and dampness and strengthen the spleen and stomach, aiding in the removal of phlegm and dampness from the body and improving the constitution related to obesity.
6. Zu San Li Point: Located on the outer side of the front of the calf, 3 inches below the knee, one horizontal fingerbreadth (middle finger) away from the front edge of the tibia. Moxibustion on the Zu San Li Point helps to regulate the spleen and stomach and boost qi, enhancing the function of the spleen and stomach, improving immunity, and promoting fat metabolism.
Doctor Ai Sheng reminds that the above acupoints usually require moxibustion for 15-20 minutes. The suitable acupoints and frequency should be chosen based on personal physical condition. Moxibustion for weight loss is not an overnight success; it requires persistence to achieve optimal results.
Moxibustion is a simple, low-cost, effective weight-loss method with no side effects, particularly suitable for those who wish to lose weight but lack the time and energy to exercise. By regulating the function of the body’s organs through moxibustion on the above six acupoints, it promotes metabolism, eliminates phlegm and water retention from the body, achieving weight loss without rebound.
