Successful long-term weight loss is incredibly difficult for most people to achieve. This is why more and more, people are turning to acupuncture weight loss treatments to try to handle their weight problem once and for all.
Acupuncture is a practice that is more than 3,000 years old, significantly older than Western medicinal therapies and practices.
Acupuncture weight loss treatment involves inserting hair-thin needles into particular spots on the skin that are believed to help the body function properly.
Acupuncture stimulates the body to release endorphins, the bodies own feel-good pain-relieving chemicals. Acupuncture weight loss treatments help control appetite is by releasing these endorphins.
In the case of overweight patients, the acupuncture specialist will first ask a variety of questions and perform an examination. The purpose is to understand the main causes of the person’s excess weight. Once the root causes of the problem are identified, the acupuncture specialist will then insert needles into different areas of the body in order to help improve the body’s functioning in a way that will promote weight loss.
An acupuncture specialist who is doing acupuncture weight loss treatment for a patient will probably use a multi-targeted approach. They may attempt to lower the bodies weight by increasing the output of the pituitary gland.
They would also work on reducing cravings for certain foods or they would attempt to encourage a decrease in natural appetite. Certain needle placements are even thought to lower insulin levels or lipid levels in the blood.
A benefit of acupuncture weight loss treatment is that unlike certain medications, there are no harmful side effects and no chance for addiction. It is a perfectly natural means of boosting the patient’s weight loss efforts.
Acupuncture weight loss treatments need to be repeated on a rather regular basis in order to maintain the effects. However, the acupuncture specialist will instruct the patient that the treatment on its own is not likely to be enough to result in long term, permanent weight loss.
Attention should also be paid to diet and exercise. The acupuncture specialist may provide the patient with certain guidelines as to what to avoid eating in order to promote the regular flow of energy throughout the body as well.
Dr. Koh is one of a few select Doctors of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM) in the United States. He has extensive experience as a practitioner and an educator, currently being a Professor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine at Stanton University and Samra University.
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