WEIGHT LOSS
Acupuncture for Weight Loss
Lose Weight Safely – Without Medication or Exhausting Diets
Modern lifestyle habits — fast and processed food, reduced physical activity and constant stress — have led many people to obesity.
Acupuncture offers a holistic and natural solution that helps the body to lose weight and restore wellness, without hunger and without the use of medication.
How Acupuncture Promotes Weight Loss
Fine needles are gently placed on specific points of the body and ear to stimulate areas that:
• Increase the feeling of fullness in the stomach
• Reduce appetite and binge-eating tendencies
• Improve mood and reduce stress
• Boost metabolism and enhance fat-burning (lipolysis)
In this way, acupuncture supports gradual and safe weight reduction, without restrictive diets or deprivation.
Emotional Overeating
Stop “Eating” Your Emotions!
Emotional eating refers to food intake not driven by real hunger, but as a response to emotions such as:
• Anxiety
• Sadness
• Anger
• Loneliness or boredom
Food becomes a form of emotional relief and comfort. Acupuncture can help you regain neurohormonal balance and reduce emotional triggers that lead to binge episodes. Because it also improves sleep quality, acupuncture helps to prevent nighttime eating. These benefits arise from its ability to reduce stress hormones (catecholamines, cortisol, adrenaline) and regulate leptin — the hormone responsible for satiety.
Nutrition & Acupuncture
The Role of the Dietitian in the weight loss protocol at Lotus Medic
During your acupuncture sessions, it is important to make gradual dietary adjustments.
Acupuncture naturally reduces hunger, allowing your stomach to retrain itself without discomfort.
This doesn’t mean you must eat only salads and yogurts! You can enjoy meat, fish, eggs, e.t.c. — foods that increase satiety.
Crash diets are not beneficial; they may cause metabolic slowdown, thyroid or hormonal imbalances and even gallbladder issues. The combination of balanced nutrition and acupuncture ensures stable results and a reduction of visceral (abdominal) fat.
At Lotus Medic, our team supports you providing you a nutrition specialist during your weight loss process.
You only have to remember that with acupuncture, you feel your stomach full more easily, so lifestyle changes occur naturally and effortlessly.
Electro-Acupuncture
Multiply the Results
Each session may include the use of a special electro-acupuncture device, which enhances the effects of classical acupuncture.
Electro-acupuncture helps to:
• Improve local blood circulation
• Stimulate fat-burning in areas with localized fat (thighs, arms, abdomen)
• Refine body contour and reduce centimeters
• Activate points related to the feeling of satiety
Medical Evaluation Before Starting
Before beginning treatment, a brief medical assessment is performed, including:
• Clinical examination
• Review of recent laboratory tests (hematology, biochemistry, thyroid hormones, vitamins, etc.)
• Measurement of basic biometric parameters (weight, body fat, basal metabolism)
This ensures that the program is tailored to the individual’s health status and needs. If necessary, vitamins or specific supplements may be recommended.
Benefits of Acupuncture for Weight Loss
Acupuncture helps to:
• Suppress appetite
• Increase the feeling of fullness
• Stimulate metabolism
• Reduce anxiety and promote relaxation
• Relieve bloating, heartburn and nausea
• Enhance fat-burning through electro-acupuncture
• Improve sleep (since poor sleep is linked to weight gain)
Process & Rate of Weight Loss
Weight loss through acupuncture is gradual and safe.
Typically, patients lose 1–2 kg (2–4 lb) per week, depending on body-mass index and overall health — a pace that allows the body to adapt without hormonal disturbances.
Session frequency:
- 1st Month:
1 single session (25 min) × 2 per week
or
1 double session (45–50 min) × 1 per week - 2nd Month
1 single session (25 min) × 1 per week - Maintenance:
1 double session (45–50 min) × 1 per month
Acupuncture & Leptin
The Satiety Hormone
Leptin is the hormone that “tells” the brain when the body has enough stored fat and should stop eating. In obesity, this communication can become disrupted, leading to persistent hunger.
Acupuncture helps restore hormonal balance, regulating appetite and satiety while also reducing stress — one of the main causes of emotional overeating.
Conclusion
Acupuncture is a safe and scientifically supported method for assisting weight loss.
By harmonizing metabolism, appetite and emotional balance, it helps the body return to its ideal weight, promoting well-being, calmness and long-term results.