View Full Version : ACCUPUNCTURE weight loss?


bostonaire
14-01-2005, 16:53
does it work to help lose weight?

Sam Miguel
14-01-2005, 17:00
That, I would not know.

It would be interesting to find out if anyone knows the benefits of acapuncture and for what ailments it is used for.

bostonaire
14-01-2005, 17:04
apparantly it works to help stop smoking ...and some pain relief ..but im curious about weight loss if anyone has ever tried it for that..

Siān
14-01-2005, 17:25
I had a course of electro acupuncture for pain relief a few years ago & it worked well. The doctor I went to had a list of things that acupuncture could help with but weight loss wasn't one of them.

bostonaire
14-01-2005, 17:36
hi ok thanks for that..is the pain reilef long term too?
Anyone else tried it for weight loss?

poppins
14-01-2005, 17:43
My own MEDICAL doctor dosen't belive in it, and he's CHINEESE himself, Dr Chi, yet he belives in most other oriental remedies, accupunture is not one of them.

Siān
14-01-2005, 17:48
Plenty of MEDICAL doctors do though Poppins - the GP I went to certainly did :)

poppins
14-01-2005, 17:53
Originally posted by Siān
Plenty of MEDICAL doctors do though Poppins - the GP I went to certainly did :)

Never tried it myself but my friend said it cured her aches.

bostonaire
14-01-2005, 18:14
is the relief long term for pain? for eg a total cure from pain? and anyone tried it for weight loss yet?

poppins
14-01-2005, 18:17
Originally posted by nitelife40
is the relief long term for pain? for eg a total cure from pain? and anyone tried it for weight loss yet?

When i asked my Chineese doc about it for weight loss, thats when he said, no it dosen't work, maybe now i think he just meant that it dosen't work for weight loss but maybe it does for other things ?

Siān
14-01-2005, 18:23
is the relief long term for pain? for eg a total cure from pain?

I think it depends on what has caused the pain in the first place. I've come across people who've had neck/ back injuries who found that acupuncture totally cured the pain.

It didn't cure the pain totally for me (but I don't think anyone's come up with a lasting form of pain relief for the pain associated with M.E) but the improvements it did make were permanent.

DaBouncer
14-01-2005, 18:39
Originally posted by nitelife40
does it work to help lose weight?
I know a great method for weight loss - much better than fad diets and acupunture by far!