Acupuncture for weight loss, focusing on discriminative, holistic adjustments, brings a new approach to today’s health-chasing people. With economic development and changing lifestyles, obesity has become an increasingly common phenomenon worldwide. Among all obese people, more than 95% are simply obese. The exact pathogenesis of this kind of obesity is not very clear, more certain is: any factor, as long as can make energy intake more than energy consumption, all may cause simple obesity. Chinese medicine believes that the reason for the formation of obesity is mainly with over-eating fat, sweet and thick taste and long lying, long sitting, less labor, congenital endowment genetic constitution. According to the analysis of Chinese medicine evidence obesity can be divided into spleen deficiency damp trapped type, gastrointestinal damp heat type, spleen and kidney Yang deficiency type. Through acupuncture points to stimulate the meridian qi, play a role in strengthening the spleen and stomach, dispel phlegm and dampness, pass through the internal organs to remove heat, tonify the kidney and benefit the qi. By regulating the qi, blood, yin and yang of the five viscera and six internal organs, it has a regulating effect on the whole body and can treat various symptoms that accompany obesity, such as constipation, menstrual disorders, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, edema, facial pigmentation, chronic pelvic inflammatory disease and so on. It both adjusts the function of the inner organs and can effectively achieve the purpose of weight loss. Modern medicine believes that acupuncture can suppress hyperactive appetite and inhibit hyperactive digestive function. Acupuncture can adjust the function of plant nerves and regulate the function of both hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal cortex and sympathetic-adrenal medulla system. Studies have shown that acupuncture’s weight loss effects may promote lipolysis by increasing cAMP levels in obese patients, activating protein kinase and thus tissue lipase. The World Health Organization stipulates three major principles for healthy weight loss: no dieting, no diarrhea, and no lethargy. And it is pointed out that weight loss should not exceed 0.5-1Kg per week, and monthly weight loss should not exceed 5% of body weight. Acupuncture weight loss is in line with the above principles, and the process of weight loss will not cause diarrhea, dizziness and fatigue. It is in line with the unified view of form and spirit in the theory of Chinese medicine, which can not only lose weight, but also maintain health and prevent diseases and prolong life. Because of the slow weight loss, it will not rebound and is a health care method of weight loss.