Obesity

Auricular points:

shen men, hunger, mouth, small intestin, sinthesis point (Nogier).

Thanks Feng!

I was given to understand that for each energy there is a different mental state. Wind - Anger; Heat - joy & satisfaction; Humidity - sticky and tendency to accumulate, Dryness - agony and Coldness - indifference etc. Yes, irritabilty is certainly wind and after your suggestion, I do understand that in the root of humidity there can be chronic wind (irritable nature) also!

Thanks for giving insights into water retention caused by Spleen Qi and Yang deficiency, that together cause obesity. However, would it also not be caused by excess adipose tissue? Will deficiency of Yang Humidity also cause accumulation of adipose tissue? Would mental tendencies of people would also become such that they keep accumulating worthless items and not agreeing to dispose off old accumulated and unused items! Body Mass Index (BMI) may also be high if proteins are high building too much muscle mass. Even heavy frame with big bones (earth element) may be the reason for high BMI. Would all such causes of obesity be treated by Yang humidity and Qi deficiency tone up?

I feel that good points for obesity are better found by looking at it in a more comprehensive way. First, sticking to treating the persons overall diagnostic pattern and not a pseudo-symptom of obesity. And that coupled with trying to understand the causal factors from both a Chinese side (the dx pattern) and from a western side (emotional issues, thyroid problems, hormonal issues, poor lifestyle, etc.). Trying to reduce something as complicated as weight issues to a simple point protocol will not lead to very good results in my opinion.

The best point are:

st40, st36, ren12, st25, li11, sp9, sp6, k3