"Obesity" is the root of all diseases! Stuck in weight loss? ! Traditional Chinese medicine helps you overcome difficulties!

"Obesity" is the root of all diseases. Being overweight not only increases the risk of diabetes, high blood lipids, and high blood pressure, but studies have also pointed out that once Taiwanese people's BMI is more than 24 above the standard, the mortality rate will increase sharply! Fortunately, losing just 5-10% of your body weight can significantly reduce the risk of suffering from the three highs and metabolic syndrome, and the mortality rate will also decrease. Therefore, losing weight is not just about pursuing a good-looking body shape, but also for inner health.

With the advancement of technology today, there are many tests and indexes for obesity. The advantage of traditional Chinese medicine is that it has accumulated more than 2,000 years of experience, which allows it to make more detailed distinctions between patients' constitutions, and to accurately prescribe medications to target the cause of the disease. The following four are the common obesity constitutions summarized by Dr. Lai. Let’s see how many of them you have? !

Phlegm and Dampness

* Feeling heavy, swollen limbs, tired and sleep deprived.

* There is often phlegm in the throat and you want to cough it up, which is worse after meals.

＊ The stool is sticky and cannot be completely defecate.

Reminder: Avoid eating sweets, bread, biscuits, and sugary drinks. Refined starch foods can easily cause blood sugar to soar, making you feel hungry quickly, and they also contain high-calorie cream. It is recommended to take Chinese medicine that can eliminate phlegm and dampness to eliminate moisture deep in the internal organs and avoid the continuous accumulation of phlegm and dampness in the body.

"Intestinal Heat"

＊ I have a very good appetite and I will never feel full no matter how much I eat. I don’t mind eating any sweet, spicy or fried food.

* Prone to acne, skin often has red rashes and itchiness.

＊ Western medical examination: hyperlipidemia, fatty liver.

Reminder: Eat more unprocessed raw foods and reduce excessive seasoning, such as steamed fish, blanched chicken breast, sweet potatoes, corn, and vegetables; use Chinese medicine that clears heat and detoxifies to help suppress appetite, clear metabolic waste accumulated in the stomach and intestines, and restore normal absorption and excretion of the stomach and intestines.

Qi stagnation and blood stasis

＊ Sitting or standing for long periods of time, maintaining the same posture for more than 20 minutes, stiff muscles and bones, and soreness.

* High stress, easy to get nervous, and have mood swings.

* Irregular menstruation and easy temper tantrum before and after menstruation.

Reminder: Practice abdominal breathing, try to swell the abdomen below the navel when inhaling, and inhale and exhale slowly for 5 seconds each; stretch or do aerobic exercise 2-3 times a week, each time for 30-40 minutes; patients with qi stagnation and blood stasis mostly have autonomic nervous system disorders, you can choose Chinese medicine for tranquilization, which can relax the autonomic nervous system and has good effects without making people drowsy, and add Chinese medicine for promoting blood circulation and qi circulation to unblock blocked meridians.

Yang Deficiency and Cold Condensation

* Hands and feet are prone to coldness, but eating tonic food can easily cause getting angry.

* Poor appetite, fat even though eating very little.

* Prone to diarrhea and loose stools.

* Nocturnal urination and night cough.

Reminder: Wear warm clothes, drink plenty of warm water, soak your feet in hot water before going to bed, eat less cold fruits and vegetables, such as watermelon, dragon fruit, kiwi, tomato, orange, white radish, etc. Green tea can easily irritate the respiratory tract and gastrointestinal mucosa, so try to avoid it; warming the yang and dispersing the cold is the strength of traditional Chinese medicine, but it must be selected with caution, or combined with yin-nourishing herbs to avoid over-supplementing and getting angry.

Modern people have disordered diets and lifestyles, and often have multiple pathological constitutions. A Chinese medicine practitioner needs to carefully observe, smell, ask, and feel the patient to accurately understand the patient's constitution and give customized prescriptions based on the individual. The above small reminders can prevent the constitution from further deteriorating, but most patients need to rely on active conditioning from Chinese medicine to reverse the pathological condition.

《Case Study》

Ms. Wang, 32 years old, a nurse at the medical center, is 162 cm tall and 75 kg. She has obvious edema in her lower limbs, has to work late night shifts and has a reversed day and night cycle. Her menstruation is irregular and scanty, and her hands and feet become cold easily when she is in an air-conditioned room. Western medicine diagnosed her with polycystic ovary syndrome.

【Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation: phlegm dampness + yang deficiency cold stagnation + qi stagnation and blood stasis】

After taking the medicine for one week, the edema in the lower limbs subsided by half and the weight dropped by 2 kg. After 4 weeks, the cold hands and feet improved, but the menstruation still did not come. The weight continued to drop to 70 kg. The patient insisted on taking the medicine. After one and a half months, the menstruation came, and after another month, the menstruation also came on time. The weight also reached the long-lost 65 kg.

Mr. Chen, 45 years old, works in car sales, 175 cm tall, 98 kg, exercises regularly, but eats more after exercise and has difficulty losing weight. Due to work reasons, he has many social gatherings and dinners, and cannot avoid eating a lot of meat and fish. He has red and swollen acne on his cheeks, and his stool often sticks to the toilet and is not clean.

【Chinese medicine differentiation: phlegm dampness + stagnant heat】

After taking the medicine for 1 week, the redness and swelling of the acne subsided, he felt that his appetite had decreased, and his weight dropped by 2 kg. Due to his busy work, Mr. Chen returned for a second visit to get the medicine for 3 weeks. He returned for another visit 1 month later and stood on the scale. He was only 89 kg! He also happily said that his stools were no longer sticky and had become smooth and clean. He continued to take the medicine and looked forward to his weight reaching the 70-digit level.