Can you lose weight by taping the soles of your feet? Female Chinese medicine practitioner: This will be better

What else can pain patches do besides relieve muscle soreness? The Japanese, who have always been keen on inventing various "lazy weight loss methods", actually stick it on the soles of their feet, believing that it can help lose weight. Some people even claim to have lost 10 kilograms by doing so. Is it really that magical? Domestic Chinese medicine practitioners believe that in theory, applying taping on the soles of the feet can help lose weight, but the actual effect is not as good as acupoint massage and acupuncture.

Pain-relieving patches stimulate the acupoints on the soles of your feet. Can this help you lose weight?

The foot patch weight loss method that has been popular in Japan in recent years uses pain patches to stimulate the acupuncture points and dense blood vessels on the soles of the feet, promote blood circulation, and improve body functions to achieve health effects such as eliminating edema, burning fat, and improving constipation. Japanese medical experts claim that as long as you cut the general pain patches available on the market into the size of your own foot, apply the patches after taking a shower every night and massaging the soles of your feet moderately, go to bed directly, and tear them off the next morning, you will see the effect of losing weight after continuing to do so for a period of time.

Li Siyi: Foot patching is not as effective as acupoint massage and acupuncture in reducing weight

Li Siyi, a professional Chinese medicine practitioner in China, said that the practice of using foot patches to lose weight is just like the use of Sanfu stickers in traditional Chinese medicine to treat allergies. Both utilize the spicy and fragrant properties of medicinal materials to apply them to the skin and specific acupuncture points, allowing the effective molecules of the drugs to penetrate the epidermis and be absorbed through the skin, thereby achieving the health-promoting effect of stimulating acupuncture points and activating meridians.

The difference is that both clinical and research have confirmed that Sanfutie has a significant effect on improving allergic constitution, but the foot patch weight loss method popular in Japan may have different effects due to the different types of drugs used in each patch. Overall, the weight loss effect of foot taping is limited and is not as good as acupoint massage and acupuncture.

Acupoint weight loss technique! Shuifen acupoint eliminates edema, Zusanli acupoint reduces fat

The weather is hot in the summer and everyone is crazy about losing weight. In principle, diet control, exercise and physical conditioning are more effective, but if you want to try other methods to speed up the metabolism of excess water and fat, you can make your body smaller faster. Chinese medicine practitioner Li Siyi recommends massaging the "Shuifen Point" one inch above the navel and the "Yinlingquan Point" on the inner side of the calf and in the depression on the inner side of the tibia below the knee on a daily basis to help eliminate edema.

If you want to fight against fat, you can massage or acupuncture the "Zusanli" point more often, which is located on the front and outer side of the calf, 3 inches below the knee. Scientific Reports, a sub-journal of the internationally renowned scientific journal Nature, previously published a study conducted by a team from the Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Research Center of China Medical University. The study found that using electroacupuncture to stimulate the "Zusanli" acupoint on the Traditional Chinese Medicine Stomach Meridian of Foot Yangming can effectively control body weight and reduce the accumulation of white fat in the abdomen.

More effective in treating pain! Do not use the foot patch for more than 3 hours

Although foot patches have limited effect in helping to lose weight, each organ in the human body can find a corresponding reflex area on the soles of the feet, and foot patches or compresses are particularly helpful in improving soreness. As long as people follow the principle of "using pain as a means of transmission" and apply Chinese herbal compresses directly to the painful acupuncture points or reflex zones on the soles of the feet, they will be able to noticeably feel the pain relieved after a period of time.

However, Chinese medicine practitioner Li Siyi also reminded that the use of patches or patches should be based on the condition of the disease, and ordinary people should not use them indiscriminately. Even if necessary, you should test it before applying it to confirm whether there is an allergic reaction, or think about whether your skin is prone to allergies. Avoid applying it while sleeping, and do not apply it for more than 3 hours each time. Applying it for too long can easily cause eczema or skin allergies.