Can Acupuncture Help You Lose Weight? The Pros and Cons

Acupuncture can be expected to deliver benefits like raising basal metabolism, expelling waste, and regulating internal organ function.

Since these are essential elements for successful weight loss, acupuncture is also a treatment chosen by those actively dieting.

So what are the actual pros and cons of using acupuncture for weight loss?

We also detail diet methods worth combining with acupuncture.

Does Acupuncture Help You Lose Weight?

Acupuncture doesn’t directly burn fat, but it’s said to have a function that supports weight loss.

Stimulating acupoints can raise basal metabolism and improve blood and lymph flow, helping build a physique that loses weight more easily.

It can also be expected to regulate digestive function for smoother digestion and absorption, and to balance the autonomic nervous system to suppress irregular appetite.

However, acupuncture alone won’t cause dramatic weight loss, so combining it with dietary review and exercise is important.

What Are the Benefits of Weight Loss Using Acupuncture?

Acupuncture can be expected to raise basal metabolism, helping build a body that burns fat more easily, and promote waste expulsion, helping improve puffiness.

It can also help prevent irregular appetite and indigestion by regulating internal organ function.

Here we introduce the benefits of weight loss using acupuncture.

Raised Basal Metabolism

Acupuncture can be expected to improve circulation throughout the body by stimulating acupoints, raising basal metabolism.

As basal metabolism rises, energy consumption increases even during everyday life, transforming your body into one that burns fat more easily.

Also, as metabolism becomes more active, the body’s fluid balance tends to regulate more easily, said to connect to improving puffiness.

As puffiness clears, you may also gain a cleaner visual impression, making it easier to feel a size-down effect.

For those who aren’t fond of exercise, or who don’t want to try extreme dietary restriction, why not try a diet method incorporating acupuncture?

Promoted Waste Expulsion

Acupuncture is also said to have a function that regulates blood and lymph flow.

This makes waste accumulated in the body easier to expel smoothly.

Those who spend long periods in the same posture, such as with desk work, tend to have stagnant circulation and accumulate waste more easily.

Stimulating acupoints smooths stagnant flow, and improvement in puffiness and coldness can be expected.

As waste expulsion is promoted, you feel cleaner from within your body, connecting to a healthy weight-loss approach.

For those who find it hard to feel change through diet and exercise alone, we’d love for you to try weight loss incorporating acupuncture.

Regulating Internal Organ Function

Acupuncture also helps balance internal organ function by acting on the digestive system and autonomic nervous system.

For example, when stomach and intestinal function decreases due to stress or disrupted lifestyle habits, digestion may not go smoothly, leading to insufficient nutrient absorption or constipation.

Regulating stomach and intestinal function with acupuncture smooths digestion and absorption, changing you into a physique less prone to accumulating excess.

Also, appetite can sometimes increase due to hormonal imbalance or autonomic disruption, but incorporating acupuncture is said to make appetite easier to control too.

For a healthy diet, regulating internal organ function is also important.

For more on other benefits of acupuncture, see this article.

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What Are the Downsides of Weight Loss Using Acupuncture?

A diet incorporating acupuncture supports building a body that loses weight more easily by regulating circulation and raising metabolism, but it doesn’t produce immediately visible results.

For those wanting to lose weight dramatically in a short period, it may feel a bit lacking.

Acupuncture doesn’t directly burn fat — it’s purely something that guides you toward a healthy, easier-to-lose-weight state while improving your constitution.

For this reason, it’s important to incorporate not just acupuncture but also dietary review and exercise.

Also, acupuncture’s effects vary by individual — some feel it immediately, while others take time to feel changes.

You won’t lose weight from just one session; your body’s balance gradually regulates through continued visits.

For this reason, it may not suit those who want “results right away!”

However, it’s a very good method for gradually improving your constitution and building a body resistant to rebound.

Diet Methods Worth Combining with Acupuncture

Acupuncture has the power to support dieting, but it alone won’t cause dramatic weight loss.

To enhance the effect further, reviewing your daily lifestyle habits is important.

In particular, being mindful of a nutritionally balanced diet, getting adequate sleep, and incorporating exercise are key points.

Here we introduce diet methods worth combining with acupuncture.

Watch Your Diet

Even if acupuncture regulates your circulation, if your diet is disrupted, it becomes harder to fully feel the diet’s effects.

For example, consuming too much greasy or sugary food makes excess energy more likely to accumulate as fat.

Being mindful of a balanced diet and thoroughly getting protein and dietary fiber lets you build a body that loses weight more easily without strain, while raising metabolism.

Also, consuming mainly cold drinks and foods can chill your internal organs and cause circulation to stagnate, so eating warm meals is important too.

Aim for a healthier diet by combining it with acupuncture.

Get Plenty of Sleep

Quality sleep is a very important element for dieting.

Continued sleep deprivation can disrupt the autonomic nervous system, lowering metabolism and making appetite harder to control.

In particular, staying up late can cause you to eat more than necessary, so being mindful of a regular lifestyle is important.

Also, growth hormone is secreted during sleep, helping repair the body and burn fat.

Relaxing with acupuncture to regulate your autonomic nervous system and sleeping deeply can help your diet progress more smoothly.

Also Exercise Moderately

Even if acupuncture raises your metabolism, without incorporating exercise, energy consumption can fall short.

Especially for those who do a lot of desk work or lack exercise habits, consciously creating time to move your body is important.

Even without intense exercise, incorporating light exercise like walking, stretching, or strength training can be expected to help.

Exercising while making use of your body’s condition regulated by acupuncture makes fat easier to burn, allowing you to pursue your diet more efficiently.

The key point is finding exercise you can continue without strain and enjoying moving your body.

Troubled by Something Acupuncture Might Help? Consult KADOMORI!

This article has detailed the pros and cons of weight loss using acupuncture, and diet methods worth combining with it.

While acupuncture itself doesn’t have a dramatic weight-loss effect, it can be expected to deliver essential benefits for dieting — raising basal metabolism, expelling waste, and regulating internal organ function.

Even those already pursuing weight loss through diet and exercise are welcome to try acupuncture to further enhance the effect.

KADOMORI also offers an acupuncture treatment called “Hedgehog Beauty Acupuncture.”

Beyond the benefits introduced in this article, a relaxing effect can also be expected, making it a treat you can give yourself for always working hard.

If you’re curious, please feel free to consult us.

For more on acupuncture, see this article as well.

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