Can ear compression therapy help you lose weight?

  Among the many weight loss methods, auricular acupuncture and auricular pressure are commonly used for acupuncture weight loss, and auricular pressure beans should be the first choice because it is not only painless and has no side effects, but certain complications such as insomnia, habitual constipation, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, etc. can be cured at the same time as weight loss.  Why can ear acupressure beans lose weight? Ancestral medicine believes that the internal organs, the skin, the nine orifices, the limbs and the bones are closely connected to the auricle through the meridians, so it is said that “the ear is the gathering place of the clan veins” and that “the blood of the twelve meridians and three hundred and sixty-five veins all go up to the face and go to the ear”. Ear acupuncture pressure bean method, aims to promote the smooth meridians, unblock the qi and blood, promote the lung to transform turbidity, and benefit dampness and lower fat. The ear is rich in blood vessels, especially stimulating the nerves in the triangular fossa has the effect of adjusting the metabolic balance of the body. In particular, stimulation of the vagus nerve can affect the insulin value and suppress appetite to achieve the purpose of weight loss.  Commonly used prescription and operation method of auricular pressure method (1) Take auricular points of endocrine, thalamus, ovary, brain point, hunger point, thirst point, Shen Men, stomach, etc., take 4-6 points each time, press half a mung bean each and then fix it with adhesive tape, once or twice a week. Through the treatment of auricular point pressure bean, it is easier to adjust various metabolic functions of the body, promote the decomposition of fat, and achieve the purpose of weight loss and fat reduction. After pressing the bean can inhibit the peristalsis of the stomach and intestines, and has the effect of inhibiting the secretion of gastric acid, thus reducing the feeling of hunger, prompting the metabolism to accelerate, energy is constantly consumed, and the body re-establishes the balance. Ear point pressure bean therapy is generally 30 days for a course of treatment, if the people sensitive to this therapy, a course of treatment can be reduced by about 5 kg.  (2) Take the stomach point, spleen point and endocrine point, and use the Chinese medicine Wang Bu Liuxing Zi to press on the ear points, and then fix them with adhesive tape. Press the above ear points for 2 to 3 minutes 30 minutes before each meal, and a burning sensation is appropriate.  (3) The main points are taken from the lung, spleen, kidney, triple jiao, and endocrine, and the supporting points are chosen from the liver, stomach, shinmen, subcortical, and hunger point. Each time the main points are used, the supporting points can be chosen from 2 to 3. The skin of the ear points was disinfected with 75% alcohol, and the herbal medicine Wang Bu Liuxing was placed in the center of a 0.8 cm x 0.8 cm zinc oxide tape and applied to the selected ear points. The patient was instructed to press each point 4 to 8 times per day for 5 minutes each time, to the extent that there was a slight pain sensation. The pressure is applied once for 6 days, and the second time after 1 day of rest, for a total of 4 times as a course of treatment.