Spreading false information! Debunking 3 Myths about Thread Embedment for Weight Loss

Acupuncture thread embedding in traditional Chinese medicine has been a very popular weight loss method in recent years. Although many people have benefited from it and have successfully lost weight, some misconceptions have also been spread, such as: "Can I not restrict my diet after acupuncture thread embedding?" "The more needles are embedded, the more effective it is?" "The longer the thread embedding, the better?" These are the three most common myths.

Acupuncture and thread embedding in traditional Chinese medicine has been a very popular weight loss method in recent years, but some misconceptions have also spread. Traditional Chinese medicine practitioner Chen Shifeng said that acupuncture and thread embedding has a better effect on local sculpting. If you want to eliminate fat in large areas such as the abdomen, you should still maintain the basic principle of weight loss of "eat less and exercise more."

Chinese medicine practitioner Chen Shifeng said that acupuncture and thread embedding are more effective for local sculpting. If you want to eliminate fat in large areas such as the abdomen, you should still maintain the basic principle of "eat less and exercise more" for weight loss. Therefore, when doctors perform thread embedding on patients for weight loss, if the weight loss speed is not as expected, the first thing to be concerned about is the patient's diet and activity pattern, whether they need to be adjusted, rather than continuing to add needles, and don't believe in myths.

• Myth 1: Thread embedding can improve physical condition in the long term, and the longer the better?

There are many factors that affect physical constitution. For example, some people are obese because of edema. After syndrome differentiation and treatment, it is found that some people are obese because of excessive internal heat. Excessive internal heat is caused by abnormal work and rest, frequent consumption of spicy food, heavy taste, drinking habits, etc. Acupuncture thread embedding therapy is similar to the effect of taking Chinese medicine, which is indeed helpful.

Physical fitness will deteriorate with aging. Some patients could not gain weight no matter how much they ate when they were young, but after the age of 30, even if they eat the same amount, their belly will be bigger. This is mainly due to changes in physical fitness, which slows down metabolism. Doctor Chen Shifeng emphasized that conditioning and destruction are two ends pulling at each other. Even if thread embedding can help to condition the body, if one does not change his lifestyle and continues to rely on thread embedding for conditioning, the weight loss effect will become worse and worse.

• Myth 2: Can you eat as much as you want after thread embedding?

Thread embedding alone is more effective for local sculpting. Therefore, if you are obese and your entire body is fat, it is generally recommended that you take Chinese medicine that replenishes qi and clears away heat in order to achieve the effect more quickly.

If you do not control your diet and eat a lot after thread embedding, the weight loss effect will inevitably be compromised. However, Dr. Chen Shifeng found that many obese people do not eat a lot on purpose, but are used to eating so much. A patient once admitted that he was less hungry after thread embedding, but the habit has not been changed. Therefore, he called for people to naturally reduce their food intake after their appetite has decreased.

• Myth 3: Thread embedding does not hurt, and the more needles there are, the more effective it is?

Thread embedding will only be effective when placed at the corresponding acupoints. The number of needles will not increase the effect infinitely, and increasing the number of needles depends on the patient's physical condition. Therefore, if all the acupoints have been pierced, or if the weight is obviously not that heavy, it is not appropriate to ask the doctor to add more needles.

Dr. Chen Shih-feng said that if you want to slim down a certain area in a short period of time, such as a bride wanting to slim down the butterfly sleeves on her arms, increasing the number of injections can indeed help; but if you are fat all over or want to slim down a large area such as the belly, adding more injections will not help you lose weight faster.