Chinese medicine to identify the 6 major types of obesity, find the one that belongs to you

Obesity has become a hot topic in modern society. At present, the society is popular with many kinds of weight loss methods, but these methods are really effective, whether it is good for health, many people are still a know or completely unknown. Thus, many people in the trial of a certain method, did not achieve the pre-loss of weight, or although reduced, but therefore damage to the health of the body.

Weight loss in traditional Chinese medicine

Weight loss in traditional Chinese medicine is mainly through acupuncture and moxibustion of the corresponding acupuncture points plus other Chinese medicine commonly used as an adjunctive therapy to achieve weight loss, modern medicine believes that simple obesity is often accompanied by endocrine disorders, a variety of hormones, in particular insulin, sex hormones, adrenocorticotropic hormone, leptin, and other abnormalities, can be used through acupuncture to adjust the endocrine, so that it tends to normalize.

On the other hand, Chinese medicine from the visceral analysis of obesity is mainly related to the function of the liver, spleen and kidney organs, through acupuncture can be achieved by regulating the viscera, so that the function of the liver, spleen and kidney organs back to normal. Chinese medicine weight loss using the principle of Chinese medicine dialectic treatment, from the adjustment of endocrine start, through acupuncture, acupoints and other integrated treatment, the obese person's nerve and endocrine function adjustment.

Chinese medicine on the understanding of obesity

Chinese medicine believes that the meridian belongs to the internal organs, external belongs to the joints, communicating with the internal organs and the skin, to achieve the balance of the function of the week body's internal organs. Such as the human body meridians once blocked, will be broken times the harmony of the brain, resulting in visceral dysfunction, yin and yang imbalance, clinically common metabolic imbalance, toxins and male accumulations, manifested in the body, is the body bloated, obesity and so on.

Acupuncture, gua sha, cupping, massage is a traditional Chinese medicine treatment method, can regulate the function of the human system, improve immunity, with significant therapeutic effects, easy to apply, economic and non-toxic side effects of the characteristics of the obese, and therefore the attention of the obese.

According to Chinese medicine, the occurrence of obesity is mainly due to excessive accumulation of fat in the body. Caused by excessive accumulation of fat and cream in the body of the reasons can be multi-faceted, such as over-eating fat, sweet and thick taste, sedentary, lazy activities, emotions, etc., coupled with the dysfunction of the internal organs, resulting in phlegm and humidity internal obstruction, fat and cream, and the development of this disease.

Classification of obesity in Chinese medicine

Obesity refers to a certain degree of significant overweight and fat layer is too thick, is the body fat, especially triglycerides accumulate too much and lead to a state.

Due to excessive food intake or changes in the body's metabolism, excessive accumulation of body fat causes excessive weight gain and causes pathological and physiological changes or latent in the body.

Assessment criteria: obesity = (actual weight - standard weight) ÷ standard weight × ± 100%.

1, the spleen and stomach qi deficiency type obesity

The body's qi from the diet of water and grain essence. The transportation and distribution of water and grain is related to the strength and weakness of the spleen qi. If the spleen qi is insufficient and the spleen's transportation function is not normal, the water and grain will not be properly transported, and the body's qi will decline.

The spleen and stomach are located in the middle Jiao part of the stomach belongs to the viscera, spleen belongs to the viscera; a yin and a yang for each other. The function of the stomach is to receive food, and the function of the spleen is to transport the essence, the two coordinate with each other, in order to produce food for the qi and blood, so a weak spleen qi usually leads to a weak stomach qi, clinically known as the spleen and stomach qi deficiency. If you have a weak spleen and stomach qi, then the spleen and stomach transport function is low, the inability to transport and transform the water and moisture, resulting in the water and moisture polymerization of phlegm and cream, induced by the obesity.

The main symptoms are as follows

Lassitude and weakness, heavy limbs. The spleen is the master of muscle, if the spleen is deficient in qi and blood biochemistry, the limbs and muscles can not be nourished.

Shortness of breath. Due to insufficient qi and blood biochemistry, every time you exercise, you will consume more qi, and the qi will not be enough to feed the heart and lungs.

Dropsy and low urine output. This is due to deficiency of spleen qi, inability to transport water and dampness, and stagnation of water and dampness.

Loss of appetite and fullness in the epigastrium. The spleen is responsible for transportation, and if the spleen is deficient, the elevation of qi in the epigastric region will be out of order, caused by the lack of smooth qi.

Treatment: strengthen the spleen and stomach, tonifying the middle and benefiting the qi

2, damp-heat embedded obesity

Damp-heat evidence is due to external damp-heat evil, or due to the favorite fat, sweet, thick and greasy, injury to the spleen and stomach, resulting in the accumulation of food for a long time, resulting in the birth of damp-heat. As dampness is a yin evil, heat is a heat evil, and the two fight each other and are difficult to melt. Dampness and heat accumulation, hindering the qi, resulting in dampness and not transformed, in the long run, will lead to obesity.

The main symptoms are as follows:

Head swelling. Dampness and heat are embedded in the head, obscuring the head and face of the clear orifices, blocking the toxicity of the rise of the Yang.

Thirsty and thirsty. The heat burns the fluid, the Yin fluid is not caused.

Grain consumption and hunger. Dampness and heat accumulate in the stomach and viscera, and the function of water and cereals in the evil heat is hyperfunctional.

The limbs are heavy and sleepy. Dampness is characterized by heavy and turbid, dampness and heat cause dampness and turbidity not to be transformed, and the limbs are heavy and difficult to stretch.

Constipation, or bowel movements, and heaviness.

Treatment: clear heat and dampness, diuresis and qi.

3, liver qi stagnation type fat bar fat

The formation of liver qi stagnation, usually due to depression and storm ware and other emotional factors, resulting in the liver Zhuang excretory failure. In the process of development of liver qi stagnation, it can be caused by qi stagnation and lead to blood stagnation, so there is chest and hypochondrium; it can also be caused by qi stagnation and invasion of the spleen and earth, so that the transportation and so there is epigastric distension, abdominal pain and diarrhea; it can be caused by qi stagnation and condensation of fluid and phlegm, so there is abdominal plumping and heartburn, and bitter taste, etc. This syndrome is closely related to the changes in mood. This syndrome is closely related to the changes in emotions, manifesting as easily agitated irritability, palpitations and loss of intimacy, forgetfulness, tinnitus, dizziness and so on.

The main symptoms are as follows:

Mental depression or irritability. Caused by a malfunction of liver qi excretion.

Irregular menstruation. This is caused by liver qi stagnation, poor qi and blood circulation, and loss of nourishment of the flushing period.

Stool irregularity. It is caused by the liver's lack of detachment and excretion, the disharmony of the spleen and stomach qi, and the congestion of the intestinal qi.

Insomnia and dreams. Caused by the congestion of qi, prolonged depression and heat, heat disturbing the mind and spirit.

Treatment: dredge the liver and gallbladder, move the qi to disperse the knot.

4, stagnant blood obesity

Stagnant gas: because of the feeling of wind, cold and humidity or because of the seven emotions, resulting in poor qi operation. As a result, the gas stagnation often does not wither, abdominal pain, post-partum dew unclean, breast milk and so on.

Blood stagnation: due to bruises, internal bleeding, excessive labor and other factors, resulting in the body's blood line is not smooth, and even the neck stop cohesion. Most of the blood stasis occurs in patients who have a deficiency of qi or who are weak in years. Due to the weakness of qi's inability to transport blood, resulting in blood stagnation, pain, refusal to press an, tongue purple and other blood stagnation manifestations, combined with a lack of gas, fatigue, self-sweating and other symptoms of qi deficiency.

The main symptoms are as follows:

Chest pain. It is caused by stagnation of qi and blood, obstruction of qi and blood flow, the liver meridian circulating through the chest and hypochondrium, and the dysfunction of the liver's excretory function.

Irregular menstruation or amenorrhea. It is caused by obstruction of the flow of qi and blood and loss of nourishment of the cell veins.

The menstrual blood is dark and lumpy. This is caused by the stagnation of the menstrual blood, which is not running smoothly.

The pain has a fixed location. It is caused by stagnation of qi and coagulation of blood, which is not taught, and is gathered at a fixed point.

Treatment: activate the blood to remove blockage, move Qi and relieve pain.

5, phlegm-dampness obesity

Phlegm-dampness obesity is due to external or internal injuries and other factors, resulting in the card stomach qi is weak, can not transport water dampness, so that it stops, stagnation of a long time is the formation of dampness. The stagnation for a long time will form dampness. Dampness over a long period of time will be acidic as phlegm and dampness adhesion, obstructing the qi mechanism. Therefore, phlegm-dampness is not only a pathological product, but also a disease-causing factor in itself. Dampness is a yin evil, phlegm-dampness obese patients to the night, due to the decline of yang energy and hyperactive gas, so the amount of phlegm at night is relatively more frequent coughing phlegm.

The main symptoms are as follows

Dizziness and drowsiness. Dampness and turbidity, which is caused by the internalization of dampness and turbidity, upward masking of the head and clear orifices. The limbs are sleepy and heavy, even more so when they are moving. Water-dampness stops gathering, so the gel is heavy, the qi is not smooth, and the movement consumes the qi, so there is this symptom.

Stools are unpleasant. Dampness accumulates in the gastrointestinal tract, which is heavy and sticky, obstructing the qi of the large intestine.

Treatment: eliminate phlegm and dampness, regulate qi and neutralize.

6, spleen and kidney yang deficiency type obesity

Due to dietary disorders, fatigue, diarrhea and other factors, so that the spleen yang is damaged, the long time does not heal, involving the kidney and kidney caused by spleen and kidney yang deficiency, or kidney yang is first loss, not enough fire of the life, can not warm the spleen and earth, and thus the accumulation of the spleen yang.

The main symptoms are as follows

Dropsy. The deficiency of the spleen and kidneys, the inability to transport water and moisture water metabolism disorders caused by.

Abdominal distension and loose stools. If the spleen is deficient, then the spleen and stomach are not healthy, so abdominal distension; if the kidney is deficient, then the qi function is not adjusted, so loose stools. Cold feet and limbs. If the spleen and kidneys are deficient in yang qi, there is no way to warm the limbs.

Fatigue and weakness of the waist and knees. Spleen is the master of limbs and kidney is the master of bones, if the spleen and kidney are insufficient, the limbs, waist and knees will not get enough warmth.

Treatment: tonifying the spleen and kidney, promoting qi and transforming water

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