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The advantage of choosing TCM for weight management is personalised care plan. The TCM slimming treatment allows the body to restore homeostasis, metabolise excessive fat, remove edema, and restore health. TCM to lose weight can be done by acupuncture, Tui Na, herbal medicine, or ear acupuncture.
TCM slimming treatment protocol factors in individual’s emotional health, endocrine function and age to formulate differential diagnosis and treatment plan. Obesity is categorised into 4 types in TCM:
- Due to overeating
- Related to postpartum edema (swelling)
- Stress related
- Age related
Our TCM weight loss program in Singapore, diet and lifestyle are recommended according to the categorisation.
- Healthy weight loss: The main goal of our TCM weight management program is to improve your health. Healthy body facilitates natural weight loss.
- Resolve other health issues simultaneously: TCM is personalised medicine. While facilitating TCM 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 during the TCM weight management program.
- Unlikely to regain weight: Clinical observation confirms that those who lose weight using TCM slimming protocol are less likely to regain their weights
Using TCM to lose weight 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 TCM weight management meridian system also regulates metabolism and promotes calorie burning to remove excessive fat and edema. In addition, acupuncture can normalise visceral function and unblock meridian in various parts of the body, as a result it is effective in localised weight loss.
Besides weight loss, World Health Organisation (WHO) also recognised 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.
You can receive Tui Na in conjunction of acupuncture for TCM weight loss. Tui Na 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.
Yes. Our TCM weight management program is 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. Localised TCM slimming techniques such as acupuncture and TuiNa around the abdomen, arms and legs are also appropriate.
People of all ages. It works particularly well for women who are infertile or trying to conceive. TCM weight management is a program for weight loss, as well as disease prevention and treatment.
TCM weight management has the potential to achieve following results (may vary from person to person):
- The protocol is roughly 3 months of treatment
- Localised TCM for 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 during the TCM weight management program, in combination with good diet and lifestyle.