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Acupuncture Treatment For Weight-Gain
Weight gain is an increase in body weight. This increasing body weight can be the result of increasing muscle mass, fat deposits, body fluid etc. Weight gain can be intentionally or unintentionally.
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CONTENTS
SYMPTOMS
CAUSES
TREATMENTS
SYMPTOMS
Weight gain could be an indicator of serious health problem. If that so, then other than weight gain, there are some symptoms that usually accompany weight gain, such as :
– Abnormal menstrual period
– Change of bowel movement
– Hard to breath
– Fatigue
– Hair loss
– Malaise
– Vision changes
– Etc
CAUSES
Weight gain can be intentional or unintentional. Most of the time, we dont have to worry about intentional weight gain. It is unintentional weight gain that we have to pay attention to. The cause of unintentional weight gain are :
– Getting pregnant
– Change of hormone level
– Hypothyroidism
– Menstruation
– Cushing’s syndrome
– Fluid retention
– Certain medication
TREATMENTS
Related Acupuncture Points :
CV 12, CV 4, ST 25,ST 36,SP 6
Acupuncture Treatment For Weight-Gain
If somebody want to gain weight, then acupuncture might be the answer, as acupuncture has treatment method to obtain the weight gain. Acupuncture method for weight gain is by performing ear acupuncture combined with body acupuncture. Treatment conducted at both ears 3 times daily. Body acupuncture is done by performing stimulation at acupoints of Zhongwan (CV 12), (Juanyuan (CV 4), Tiansho (ST 25), Zusanli (ST 36), Sanyinjiao (SP 6). This body acupuncture performed once every two days.
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Footnotes
- Weight gain – Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weight_gain
- Weight Gain – Symptoms, Causes, Treatments – Healthgrades, https://www.healthgrades.com/right-care/weight-control-and-obesity/weight-gain–symptoms
- Unintentional Weight Gain: Causes, Symptoms, and Diagnosis, http://www.healthline.com/symptom/unintentional-weight-gain
- [Auricular point sticking and the combined therapy of auricular point, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21246854