Obesity has become an increasingly common phenomenon worldwide. According to relevant data, there are currently more than 2 million obese fat patients over the age of 20 in China, and about 150 million overweight people. Obesity can not only induce hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes and many other diseases, but also to the patient’s work, life, and even in the job search, courtship, will bring a lot of inconvenience. Therefore, weight loss has become a matter of concern for many obese people. The society is also popular various ways to lose weight, there are medicine, exercise, also have acupuncture massage and so on. Obesity is not you say you are obese is obese. That in the end how fat can be called obese? First of all, look at the definition of obesity: obesity refers to the human body calorie intake is greater than consumption caused by excessive calories in the form of fat stored in the body, weight more than 20% of the standard weight. Then why people will be obese? Western medicine believes that obesity and genetics, neuroendocrine, diet, exercise and other factors related. 1, diet, overeating, especially fat and sweet, eat too much often damage the spleen and stomach, the spleen and stomach damage the ability to transport water and grain essence is weakened, the metabolic capacity is reduced, but also can not eliminate the phlegm and dampness in the body, so it is fat. 2, lack of exercise, sitting too long, sleep too much, Chinese medicine so-called “long sitting injury meat, long lying injury gas”, injury gas can lead to gas deficiency, injury meat leads to spleen deficiency, spleen weakness leads to water dampness in the body can not be discharged, into phlegm, thus forming obesity. 3, old age and physical decline, obesity is often the performance of aging, and kidney closely related. Especially menstruating women or menopausal women, the kidney is weak, can’t make the qi to move water, resulting in dampness and turbidity, fat metabolism disorder, also fat. 4, long illness is deficient, long illness yin and yang qi and blood deficiency failure, qi deficiency transport blood incompetence, yang deficiency yin cold endogenous, phlegm stasis damp turbidity endogenous, often can form obesity. Acupuncture weight loss method is guided by the meridian theory of Chinese medicine, acupuncture points as a means of treatment, to dredge the meridians, remove phlegm and turbidity, smooth the effect of Qi, so as to eliminate excess fat, to achieve the purpose of weight loss. Acupuncture for weight loss is simple and convenient, safe, reliable and less painful for patients, so it is very popular among obese people. The methods of acupuncture for weight loss include: body acupuncture, auricular point embedding, acupuncture point embedding, electric acupuncture, cupping and so on. Patients can choose the method that suits them according to their own situation. Those who have time to come can choose body acupuncture, and those who don’t have time can choose buried threads in acupuncture points. The effect of acupuncture for weight loss is more obvious before the age of 50, because the body is more mature before this age, various functions are more sound, through acupuncture treatment, it is easier to adjust the various metabolic functions of the body, promote fat decomposition, to achieve the effect of weight loss. Acupuncture for weight loss is important to adhere to. By adjusting the meridian system, acupuncture mobilizes the body’s internal regulatory function, promotes metabolism through its own regulatory role, and brings the body to a new state of balance. Therefore, it is a gradual process, and it is unrealistic to expect to become a slender lady after a few sessions. Acupuncture with diet and exercise is more effective. The diet should be light, with less sweets and fatty foods. The principle of “eat well at breakfast, eat full at noon, eat less at night”, three meals a day, do not add late night snacks. Abstain from alcohol and coffee, less cold drinks. Exercise is recommended to brisk walking, 2 to 3 times a week, 30 minutes each time, preferably in the morning or afternoon, avoid evening exercise.