The Chinese medicine treatment of obesity requires evidence-based treatment, with the main therapeutic principle of replenishing deficiency and diarrhea, and the evidence of obesity is mainly divided into gastric heat and fire depression, phlegm and dampness, qi depression and blood stasis, spleen deficiency, spleen and kidney yang deficiency.
Gastric heat and fire depression manifests as obesity, hyperphagia, dry stools and yellow urine, etc. The main focus is to clear the stomach and diarrhea, supplemented by elimination, and the formula is Baihu Tang combined with Xiaochengqi Tang with additions and subtractions.
Phlegm-dampness syndrome manifests as obesity, heaviness, drowsiness of limbs, epigastric plumpness and chest fullness (chest fullness and discomfort), etc. To eliminate phlegm and diuresis, regulate qi and eliminate fat, the formula is to use phlegm-conducting soup combined with Siling San with additions and subtractions.
The syndrome of Qi depletion and blood stasis manifests as obesity and laziness, fondness for tai shi, chest tightness and fullness, darkness of the face and lips, and lack of freshness of the color of the extremities, or even bruises. The method is to regulate the Qi to relieve depression and activate blood circulation to eliminate blood stasis, and the formula is to use Hematopathogenic Blood Stasis Tang with additions and subtractions.
Spleen deficiency manifesting as obesity and bloating, fatigue (mental exhaustion and physical weakness), and epigastric and abdominal congestion (distension and discomfort of the stomach and abdomen), etc. The method is to strengthen the spleen and promote qi, seep away dampness and induce diuresis, and the formula is to use Ginseng Ling Bai Zhu San combined with Fang Ji Huang Qi Tang with additions and subtractions.
Yang deficiency of the spleen and kidney manifests as obesity, lack of warmth in the limbs, or even coldness of the limbs (cold limbs, even to the elbows and above the knees), liking to eat hot drinks, and long and clear urine, etc. The method is to tonify the spleen and kidney, warming the yang, warming the qi, and prescribing the formula Zhenwu Tang combined with Linggui Juguan Tang with additions and subtractions.
Other treatments include acupuncture, acupoint acupuncture and cupping.
If you feel unwell, please seek medical advice and treatment under the guidance of a doctor. Clinical treatment operations such as acupuncture, thread embedding and cupping should be carried out by a professional physician, and you should not take medication and acupuncture on your own to avoid causing damage to the organism.