Obesity

Differential diagnosis:
Patients with deficiency of
spleen and damp stagnation
may suffer from poor appetite,
general weakness, shortness
of breath after physical
exertion, loose stool, loose
and flaccid muscles, pale and
puffy tongue, and soft,
moderate and weak pulse.
patients with a strong
stomach and weak spleen
may suffer from overeating,
dry stool, thirst, dark urine, foul odor in mouth, high blood
pressure, red tongue with yellow and greasy coating, and rolling and rapid or wiry and
rapid pulse. And patients with disturbance of Chongmai (thoroughfare vessel) and
Renmai (conceptional vessel) may suffer from frequent urination, soreness and
weakness of waist and legs, irregular menstruation with less uterine discharge, obese
abdomen and buttocks, pale and puffy tongue, and deep and thready or soft and
thready pulse.

Treatment:

Foot massage: The massage is applied to spleen (34), Stomach (15), kidney (22),
lower abdomen (37), thyroid gland (12) and pituitary gland (4) reflecting areas (Fig.
75).

Foot acupuncture:

Mefidianal acupoints: At J iexi (ST 41), Neiting (ST 44), Xian'gu (ST 43), Gongsun
(SP 4), Shangqiu (SP 5) and Taibai (SP 3) acupoints, a balanced reinforce-reducing
technique is applied and the needles are retained for 20 minutes. Yinbai (SP 1), Dadun
(LR 1), Taichong (LR 3) and Taixi (KI 3) acupoints may be added for patients with
disturbance of Chongmai and Renmai, and moxibustion after acupuncture may be
applied to all patients except those with strong stomach and weak spleen.



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