Acupuncture Ear Staples For Weight Loss

This traditional Chinese treatment works on the principle of appetite reduction, and some people claim to have managed to lose weight using this method alone, although it doesn't usually bring about rapid weight loss. As a diet aid it is claimed to reduce cravings for sweet foods and make dieting less stressful. This method is gaining in popularity rapidly, and as a result is becoming more available, offered not only by certified Acupuncturists but by all kinds of earring outlets, some responsible and some less so.

Acupuncture points on the ear have been known to Chinese medicine for centuries, and were traditionally used to strengthen the effect of body acupuncture. It first became popular in the west at the turn of the century in France, when a French acupuncturist developed the method, and it caught on as a way to treat many different ailments.

 The Chinese method of acupuncture used ear staples to bring about weight loss in a much wider context than that used in the West, and ear staples were never placed in the ear as an isolated treatment. The desire for quick weight loss nowadays means that many people do not want to go through a lengthy process of diagnosis according to the Chinese method, and think that all they need is an ear staple in a certain place, but this is not what acupuncture is about, and often causes dissappointment when rapid weight loss doesnt happen.

To use this therapy properly, patients need to be diagnosed, have a course of acupuncture done by a licenced practitioner, and then use acupuncture ear staples to help the effect of the treatment to carry on working. The ear staples are placed in very particular places on the upper part of the ear, depending on the precise diagnosis and reason for weight gain, and according to acupuncturists, each acupuncture point has a different effect. There are points affecting the mouth, which also work to stop smoking, and points that help to balance hormones, other points work on specific internal organs.

After a period of healing, the ear staples can be used to stimulate the acupuncture points by touching or twisting them whenever the person feels hungry. If the method is combined with a calorie controlled diet, acupuncturists say that weight loss should be better than it would be without the ear staples.

If you decide to try acupuncture, ear staples may increase weight loss if done properly, but remember that acupuncture has risks when not done by qualified professionals, and ear staples in particular can cause infections which can permanently damage the cartilage.