Clinical Application of Acupuncture

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Clinical Application of Acupuncture Body
points For Lose Weight
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Introduction
TCM holds that obesity is the imbalance of yin
and yang and the dysfunction of zangfu organs. It
is Ben deficiency with Biao excess, namely qi
deficiency accompanied with yin deficiency and
yang deficiency, and retention of phlegm
accompanied with blood stasis and qi stagnation.
The location of disease is in the spleen, and
kidney and liver.
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Acupuncture is a process of regulating zangfu and
balancing yin and yang. Through the regulation of
channels and collaterals and the promotion of
spleen and kidney, the body resistance is
strengthened and the pathogenic factors in the
body are removed out. This process of reinforcing
and reducing make the patients appetite
decreased and the functions of stomach and
intestines and the mental conditions improved.
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Different syndromes

• Owing to the deferent individual conditions, the
  causative factors of obesity are quite different,
  so the treatment should be different. Based on
  the differentiation of syndromes, the local
  points should be selected to circulate qi and
  blood in the local area to lose weight.
• Common syndromes of obesity
• Spleen deficiency with damp retention
• Stomach heat with damp retention
• Liver qi stagnation
• Spleen and kidney deficiency

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Spleen deficiency with damp retention

• Mostly seen in the middle aged people, not real
  overweight although fat
• Edema, tiredness, heavy limbs, scanty urine, poor
  appetite, abdominal distention, not-smooth going
  of stools
• Deep thready pulse, swollen tongue in light red
  or pale colour and with toothmarks on borders,
  thin sticky coating.

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Stomach heat with damp retention

• Mostly seen in those who have the obesity family
  history, or those with spleen deficiency and damp
  transformed into heat
• Seriously fat, dizziness, distending feeling in
  head, voracious appetite, aversion to Heat,
  profuse sweating, thirst with preference for
  drinks, foul breathing, constipation
• Rolling and rapid pulse, red tongue with sticky
  and yellow coating.

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Liver qi stagnation

• Mostly seen in young and middle aged people or
  females in menopause stage
• Irregular menstruation, scanty menstrual flow or
  even Amenorrhea, distention in chest and
  hypochondrium, sighs, epigastric fullness,
  distending pain in breasts, insomnia,
  dream-disturbed sleep
• Thready wiry pulse, dark red tongue with white or
  thin sticky coating.

sighs
distention in chest and hypochondrium
irregular menstruation
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Spleen and kidney deficiency

• Mostly seen in middle and old aged people or
  those who failed to lose weight many times
• Puffy body, pale complexion, tiredness,
  somnolence, aversion to cold, profuse sweating,
  cold pain in lumbus and legs, lowered sexual
  functions
• Deep thready weak pulse, light red tongue with
  thin coating.

Puffy body
Tiredness somnolence
lowered sexual functions
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Filiform needle with electric therapy

• Main points
• Zhongwan (CV 12)
• Qihai (CV 6)
• Huaroumen (ST 24)
• Daheng (SP 15)
• Liangqiu (ST 34)

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Liangqiu (ST 34)
Zhongwan(CV 12)
Daheng (SP 15)
Huaroumen (ST 24)
Qihai (CV 6)
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Accompanying points

• Spleen deficiency with damp retention add
• Zusanli (ST 36)
• Yinlingquan (SP 9)
• Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
• Gongsun (SP 4).
• Stomach heat with damp retention add
• Hegu (LI 4)
• Quchi (LI 11)
• Fenglong (ST 40)
• Neiting (ST 44).

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Accompanying points

• Liver qi stagnation add
• Shanzhong (CV 17),
• Qimen (LR 14)
• Yanglingquan (GB 34)
• Taichong (LR 3).
• Spleen and kidney deficiency add
• Guanyuan (CV 4)
• Zusanli (ST 36)
• Sanyinjiao (SP 6)
• Zhaohai (KI 6).

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Accompanying points

• For voracious appetite add
• Shangwan (CV 13),
• Shousanli (LI 10),
• Zusanli (ST 36),
• Xiajuxu (ST 39).
• For amenorrhea or scanty flow add
• Hegu (LI 4)
• Guanyuan (CV 4)
• Daimai (GB 26)
• Zigong (EX-CA1)
• Xuehai (SP 10)
• Sanyinjiao (SP 6)

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Accompanying points

• For edema add
• Shangwan (CV 13)
• Shuifen (CV 9)
• Tianshu (ST 25)
• Taiyuan (LU 9)
• Yinlingquan (SP 9)
• Yingu (KI 10)
• Fuliu (KI 7)
• For constipation add
• Fujie (SP 14),
• Zhigou (TE 6),
• Shangjuxu (ST 37).

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Tips

• The intensity of electric stimulation is started
  from mild to stronger. In order to enhance the
  effect, try to use the current as strong as
  possible.

• Generally, three courses of treatment should be
  given in succession.
• In case the weight is losing, the interval
  between the courses may be omitted.
• When the effect is not continuously good, a rest
  for one week can be suggested.

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