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Losing Weight Naturally with Acupressure

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What is Acupressure?

Acupressure is a form of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) which dates before the age of scientific medicinal methods. The word 'Acupressure' comes from the combination of both Acupuncture and Pressure, though unlike the origin of its name, acupressure is a non-invasive method of treatment. Acupuncture was originated mostly by martial artists for the purpose of balancing their yin, tang and qi energy which protects them and heals their illness. In the modern day, acupressure is used for a wide range of medical and personal health issues such as aiding recuperation, preventing illnesses and weight loss. Acupressure simply works by pressing on the nodes (or known as median/acupuncture points in TCM)

What are the principles behind losing weight naturally via acupressure?

Losing weight basically comes from the combination of three simple principles within the human body which are; a proper diet, a proper metabolism / energy intake-use rate and a healthy body and mind. Acupressure aims for two out of these three principles which is the energy intake-use rate and creating a healthy body and mind.

By stimulating the acupuncture points on the palm, feet and spine, the theory goes that the stomach, liver, kidney and intestines can be stimulated to increase the breakdown rate of the food in the body and increasing one's metabolism to hasten the process of food breakdown thus reducing the chance of the food getting converted into fats. By pressing on the brain and nervous points, acupuncture will theoretically promoted the blood flow within a person and relaxing their mind and body thus theoretically assist in the absorption and expelling of food and energy within the body.

What are the scientific proofs behind acupressure and weight loss?

Clinical trials on acupuncture had been done before by Cochrane Collaboration and Bandolier, but the results were too inconclusive to prove scientifically the effectiveness of acupressure. But later reports have shown that the conclusion was drawn due to the fact that there was a lack of well-conducted lab testing as the variables surrounding acupressure lab testing are too widespread.

With this said, it has been proved, however through the consensus.nih.gov publication that though the existence of said acupuncture points are debatable, the effects of promoting blood flow and increasing the production of health related hormones such as the painkiller endorphin which assists in weight loss is possible and proven.

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Acupressure has been clinically tested to be a non-harmful, non-invasive treatment, which in a nutshell means that it won't produce undesirable side effects on the treated patients.

Tips on how obese and overweight patients can benefit from acupressure

This will be extremely great on obese and overweight patients as it will allow them the freedom of losing weight without the worry of creating a chance of stroke or cardiovascular attack. Usually, the main source of weight problem lies within the eating and living habit of a patient.

With acupressure, one can press the stomach and nerve points on the acupuncture points to reduce the excessive appetite and increase the metabolism rate which will assist the patient indirectly in creating in them a feeling to be active. Also, acupressure has been proven to improve blood flow, thus removing potentially harmful cholesterol from the blood stream safely. Now those who desire to lose weight can do so without the hassle of purchasing expensive products or doing rigorous exercise.