The advantage of choosing TCM for weight management is personalized care plan. The treatments allow the body to restore homeostasis, metabolize excessive fat, remove edema, and restore health. It can be done by acupuncture, TuiNa, herbal medicine, or ear acupuncture.
TCM treatment protocol factors in individual’s emotional health, endocrine function and age to formulate differential diagnosis and treatment plan. Obesity is categorized into 4 types in TCM:
Weight loss program, diet and lifestyle are recommended according to the categorization.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF USING TCM WEIGHT MANAGEMENT?
Healthy weight loss: The main goal is to improve your health. Healthy body facilitates natural weight loss.
Resolve other health issues simultaneously: TCM is personalized medicine. While facilitating weight loss, it can also cater to your other medical and wellness needs.
Normal food intake: Appetite can be suppressed by stimulating certain acupoints. No painful dieting is necessary.
Free of side effect: There is no discomfort caused by drugs, such as dry mouth, palpitations, dizziness, bloating, diarrhea, or anorexia, etc.
Unlikely to regain weight: Clinical observation confirms that those who lose weight using TCM protocol are less likely to regain their weights.
WHAT ARE THE WAYS TO ACHIEVE WEIGHT LOSS?
ACUPUNCTURE
Weight loss is achieved by stimulating specific acupoint to modulate the meridian system, which, in turn, suppresses appetite. In this way, patient feels satiated with less food. The meridian system also regulates metabolism and promotes calorie burning to remove excessive fat and edema. In addition, acupuncture can normalize visceral function and unblock meridian in various parts of the body, as a result it is effective in localized weight loss.
Besides weight loss, World Health Organization (WHO) also recognized acupuncture’s therapeutic effects for 63 widely varying conditions, including pain syndromes, stroke, hypertension and rheumatic diseases. Its therapeutic effects are achieved by stimulating specific acupoints with acupuncture needles.
TUINA
You can receive TuiNa in conjunction of acupuncture for weight loss. TuiNa combines massage, trigger point, and other manual techniques to stimulate acupoints, meridian, muscles and/or nerves, in order to unblock the flow of Qi (vital energy), improve circulation, regulate visceral function and boost immune system. TuiNa for weight loss common focuses on the abdominal region to improve circulation and eliminate toxins.
CHINESE MEDICATION
On top of the above-mentioned therapies, Chinese herbal medicine can modulate many body functions and create a solid foundation for other weight loss programs. It is very effective and appropriate for secondary obesity caused by other underlying conditions. Each Chinese herbal prescription is customized for the individual to address the cause of obesity. Please do not share with others.
All medicinal powder used by Ma Kuang is appraised and approved by Health Science Authority (HSA) to ensure quality. They are concentrated herbal extracts from Chinese medicinal herbs.
IS IT SAFE TO LOSE WEIGHT WHILE BREAST-FEEDING?
Yes. TCM are one of the best choices for weight loss for postpartum moms. There is no side effect. It can also replenish nutritional deficiency from pregnancy. It is crucial to avoid dieting while breast-feeding, as mom is already burning more calorie during this period. Dieting may cause malnutrition, weakness, hair loss, and low milk supply, and indirectly affect the baby’s health.
It is advised that mom consumes sufficient (but not excessive) quality calories while losing weight during this period. Foods with dense nutrient contents and low calories are recommended, including dark leafy vegetables, lean meat and fish. Good nutrition for mom is needed to produce quality milk. It is appropriate to nourish the digestive system and eliminate edema with herbal medicine. Localized acupuncture and TuiNa around the abdomen, arms and legs are also appropriate.
WHO IS THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR TCM WEIGHT MANAGEMENT?
People of all ages. It works particularly well for women who are infertile or trying to conceive. It is a program for weight loss, as well as disease prevention and treatment.
HOW SOON WILL THE TREATMENT TAKE EFFECT?
TCM weight management has the potential to achieve following results (may vary from person to person):
The protocol is roughly 3 months of treatment
Localized weight loss has great clinical success. Best result is seen in abdomen, followed by arm and leg.
Usually patient can expect 2-3 kg weight loss in a month, and keep it off for long-term.
Best results are seen with those who follow the doctor’s orders, in combination with good diet and lifestyle.
WHY SHOULD I CHOOSE MA KUANG?
Ma Kuang has a team of experienced TCM physicians and TuiNa therapists to meet your needs of weight loss. We offer professional and quality TCM services.
Since its establishment in 1999, Ma Kuang has a large database of successful weight loss cases.
Our branch clinics are located throughout the island for your convenience.
Our friendly customer services guarantee to make you feel at home