Autonomic nervous system disorders make people fat! Female Chinese medicine practitioner: To fight obesity, tap the gallbladder meridian and liver meridian

Will you lose weight if you eat less and exercise more? In principle, yes! However, there are some people who cannot lose excess fat no matter how hard they try to control their diet and exercise. Chinese medicine practitioners say that this is likely due to autonomic nervous system disorder. They recommend tapping the gallbladder meridian and liver meridian more often to balance the autonomic nervous system in order to maintain a good body metabolism and stay away from obesity.

Modern medicine believes that autonomic nervous system disorders will stimulate the secretion and action of adrenaline, increase the body's demand for food, and the brain will also issue instructions to store fat, making it difficult not to gain weight in the long run. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the balance of the autonomic nervous system is closely related to the "Gallbladder Meridian" and "Liver Meridian". Therefore, if you want to overcome obesity and stabilize your autonomic nervous system, you should first regulate your liver and gallbladder meridians!

Gallbladder deficiency can easily lead to phlegm-damp constitution. Tap the outside of the legs to promote metabolism.

Chinese medicine practitioner Huang Huijuan said that Chinese medicine believes that the scope of the "Gallbladder Meridian" is not limited to the gallbladder that controls fat metabolism, but is also closely related to the spirit and sleep, hence the saying "Insomnia due to gallbladder deficiency". People with a weak gallbladder constitution are prone to developing a phlegm-damp constitution, which manifests in the nervous system with symptoms of emotional instability, easy to be frightened, and easy to be nervous, and are often accompanied by discomforts such as excessive stomach acid and chronic gastritis; in sleep, they have many dreams, similar to the so-called "fright"; in body shape, they are often bloated and have soft muscles, and they may not eat a lot but look fat; in addition, a tender tongue indicates dampness.

People with autonomic nervous system disorders caused by gallbladder deficiency can drink some "Poria cocos and licorice water" on a daily basis, or tap along the gallbladder meridian from the outside of the thigh to the calf from top to bottom, and strengthen the massage of the "Fengshi point" (stand at attention, with both hands hanging naturally on the outside of the thigh, about the position of the middle finger tip) and "Yanglingquan point" (on the outside of the calf, in the depression below the front of the fibula head, a little behind the Zusanli point). This will help promote local metabolism, enhance weight loss effects, and improve sleep quality.

【Poria cocos and licorice water】: Take 3 qian of Poria cocos and 1.5 qian of licorice, add water and boil into 500c.c. tea, then you can drink it. Poria can calm the mind, strengthen the spleen, and metabolize dampness. Licorice is a mild qi tonic. Using them together can enhance metabolism, replenish qi, and stabilize emotions. This tea can be consumed on an empty stomach, but because Poria cocos has a slight diuretic effect, it is recommended to drink it before dinner to avoid disturbing sleep due to nocturia.

Beat stress-induced obesity by tapping the inner side of the legs to soothe the liver and regulate qi

Disorders in the liver meridian can easily lead to spleen deficiency, which can also cause phlegm and dampness, affecting metabolism and forming an obese physique. But what is special is that such patients have different obesity manifestations depending on whether they have "excessive liver fire" or "stagnation of liver qi". People with excessive liver fire are usually stout, with red faces, quick and hasty movements. People with stagnant liver qi are usually obese with edema, and the more stress they are under, the fatter they get. Other common manifestations of liver meridian disorders include insomnia accompanied by irritability, anger, and stress.

For people with excessive liver fire and stagnation of liver qi, it is recommended to brew some "Artemisia capillaris mint tea" to drink on a daily basis, or to do a large-scale tapping from bottom to top on the liver meridian located on the inner side of the calves and thighs every day, and to strengthen the massage of the "Taichong point" (located on the instep, equivalent to the fork of the shoelaces of flip-flops) and "Sanyinjiao" (about 4 fingers wide upward from the inner ankle), which has the effect of soothing the liver and regulating qi.

【Artemisia capillaris mint tea】:

Take 3 qian of Artemisia capillaris and 1 qian of mint, add water and boil into 500c.c. tea, then you can drink it. This tea contains natural aromatic essential oils that can reduce liver heat and relieve stress. It also tastes sweet and is very easy to drink. However, it should be noted that this tea is cool in nature, so it is recommended to drink it before dinner.