Traditional Chinese medicine's classification and treatment of obesity, along with sleep-based weight loss methods, are worth promoting.

Why does Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) classify and treat obesity?

According to traditional Chinese medicine, based on clinical manifestations, obesity can generally be classified into five types. The purpose of this classification is to provide targeted treatment for obesity based on syndrome differentiation.

One type is spleen deficiency with dampness retention, characterized by heaviness in the limbs, poor appetite, loose stools, a thin, greasy tongue coating, and a slow, weak pulse. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) primarily treats this type of obesity by strengthening the spleen and resolving dampness. TCM recommends the following foods for dietary therapy: legumes, including lentils, soybeans, mung beans, and peas; and melons, including winter melon, cucumber, and watermelon.

The second type is spleen and kidney deficiency, characterized by puffy, swollen obesity, weakness in the limbs, shortness of breath upon exertion, dizziness, aversion to cold, loose stools, a thin, white tongue coating, and a deep, thready pulse. This type of obesity is primarily treated by warming the yang, promoting qi circulation, and eliminating dampness. Dietary therapy options include goat's milk, cow's milk, lean mutton, lean dog meat, walnuts, peas, sword beans, and goji berries.

Thirdly, there is the stomach heat and dampness obstruction type, which is generally characterized by excessive hunger, bad breath, dry tongue, constipation, and a red tongue with a yellow coating. Treatment mainly focuses on clearing heat, resolving dampness, and promoting bowel movement. Foods that clear heat include cabbage, celery, water shield, bitter melon, bamboo shoots, and purslane.

Fourthly, there is the Qi stagnation and blood stasis type, characterized by distension in the hypochondriac region, irritability, dry mouth and tongue, dizziness, irregular menstruation or amenorrhea, and occasional ecchymosis on the tongue. Traditional Chinese medicine treats this by soothing the liver and regulating Qi, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Foods that can be used for home remedies include oranges, tangerine peel, mandarins, Buddha's hand citron, sword beans, white radishes, hawthorn, and eggplant.

Fifth is the kidney yin deficiency type, characterized by dizziness, headache, irritability, body heat, lower back and knee weakness, and a red tongue with little coating. Traditional Chinese medicine focuses on nourishing yin and tonifying the kidneys, and commonly used dietary therapies include white fungus, black fungus, black beans, soft-shelled turtle, lean pork, duck, sea cucumber, jellyfish, and black sesame seeds.

Why is the sleep-based weight loss method worth promoting?

If you were to ask whether a person burns more calories during the day or at night, most people would choose the daytime. People imagine that more activity during the day naturally leads to the burning of most calories. However, this is incorrect. In fact, over 70% of a person's calorie expenditure and tissue growth occurs during rest, especially during sleep.

If we consume far more calories than we burn, it will lead to the accumulation of fat. If a person's basal metabolic rate is poor, it will create a vicious cycle, causing more and more fat to accumulate.

American scientists have discovered that amino acids can stimulate the secretion of human growth hormone (HGH). Increased HGH levels can rapidly burn excess body fat and improve basal metabolic rate.

Therefore, American scientists invented a method of supplementing the body with high concentrations of complex amino acids before bedtime to promote the secretion of HGH (human growth hormone) in adults, thereby causing the body to burn fat rapidly during sleep. This weight loss method is therefore called the "sleep weight loss method" and is hailed as a revolutionary new way to lose weight.