Learn about the four types of obesity and tips for healthy weight loss

As the weather gets hotter, all kinds of cool clothes are available on the streets. People want to change into cool clothes, but are worried that eating too much delicious food in winter will reveal their belly fat. Huang Yahui, a Chinese medicine doctor at the Douliu Clinic of Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, pointed out that as long as the TCM syndrome differentiation and conditioning is followed,Liver, spleen, stomach, and kidney functionIn addition, with exercise and a moderate diet, successful weight loss is not a dream!
Dr. Huang Yahui said that obesity is a systemic metabolic disease. In addition to changes in body shape, it can also cause metabolic and endocrine disorders and should not be ignored. Traditional Chinese medicine calls obese patients "fat nobles". Obesity is common in outpatient clinics. Most adolescents have strong stomachs and weak spleens, spleen deficiency, and water retention. The obesity of middle-aged and elderly people is mostly due to deficiency of both qi and yin.

Huang Yahui pointed out thatObese peopleThere are four common syndromes in clinical practice. The first is fat body, soft muscles, frequent feeling of heavy head and chest tightness, fatigue and drowsiness, occasional fatigue, less talkativeness, abdominal distension, nausea, loose stools and other syndromes of spleen deficiency and dampness phlegm. The treatment method should be to strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, and Erchen Decoction can be used for conditioning; if one often feels bloating and pain in the ribs, abdominal distension, bitter taste in the mouth, irritability, women have irregular menstruation, amenorrhea or premenstrual breast pain and other symptoms, it is due to liver depression and qi stagnation, and the treatment should be to soothe the liver and regulate qi, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and Chaihu Shugan Decoction and other prescriptions can be used for conditioning.

If you have symptoms such as dizziness, constipation, abdominal distension, good appetite but still often feel hungry, it is stomach heat.Damp-resistance obesity, it is advisable to clear away heat and dampness, remove phlegm and clear turbidity, and you can choose Fangfeng Tongsheng Powder with modifications, etc.; there is another type of spleen and kidney yang deficiency type, this type of obese people often feel tired and weak, short of breath and lazy to speak, tired and swollen limbs, sore waist and weak knees, and loose stools. It is advisable to warm the kidney/strengthen the spleen, and you can choose Jisheng Shenqi Pills with modifications, etc. In addition to using drugs, you can also use ear acupuncture, body acupuncture, moxibustion, etc. to achieve the purpose of weight loss.

Obesity is often accompanied by obesity syndromes such as diabetes, atherosclerosis, stroke, coronary heart disease, and hypertension. Huang Yahui said that healthy weight loss is not difficult by regulating the liver, spleen, stomach, and kidney functions according to TCM syndrome differentiation, and by exercising and eating in moderation.