Acupuncture can treat many ailments, but what you didn’t know is that it can also be used to lose weight. Here we tell you how.
Traditional Chinese medicine has different principles than Western medicine. Acupuncture therapy is part of this tradition, and consists of the use of very fine needles at certain points in order to regulate physiological processes in the body.
Dr. Camilo González, a specialist in traditional medicine and acupuncture at the National University and the Anzola Clinic, explains that acupuncture is used in patients who need to lose weight, because through it metabolism is regulated, anxiety is decreased and appetite is controlled.
“To lose weight, many factors must be taken into account, among them, achieving the body itself begins to lose weight“, explains the specialist, adding that thanks to acupuncture the body releases certain substances that help regulate metabolism, accelerating the weight loss process.
“Anxiety makes you itch all the time despite not being hungry, so by stimulating certain points through acupuncture, endorphins and serotonin are released, and this impacts the nervous system, reducing the need to itch; by controlling anxiety, appetite is controlled“, adds the doctor.
Regarding the effectiveness of this therapy, González says that he has seen dramatic cases, such as a man who dropped from 120 kilos to 80, although he clarifies that each patient has an ideal weight to which they seek to reach, in a gradual but evident way; «People who use this technique are losing 1 and a half kilos a weekOn average,» he says.
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To finish, the specialist lists the Benefits of acupuncture to lose weight:
-As you lose weight gradually, the «rebound» effect is reduced, which is suffered by people who lose weight very quickly but gain it back very easily.
-The body learns to adapt itself to the normal processes that it must have in order not to regain the lost weight.
-It is a very kind procedure, which does not generate secondary effects.
-You do not need to take additional medications.
-Despite being done with needles, it does not hurt or cause any discomfort.
How do you think about acupuncture therapy to lose weight? Do you know someone who has used it?