patients who want weight loss

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I am an acupuncturist for a number of years and have come up with a more than

a few patients wanting " weight loss " . They generally are women in their

40-50's generally very aware that cultural pressures are defining their

self-esteem. In other words, intelligent yet they still ask me to help.

I used to avoid weight loss and worked on the esteem etc... but now I really

feel like I should address the physical aspects. I have had little success I

must admit.

Do other practitioners of acupuncture/herbs have special skills they can

share? For the most part these patients eat very little and are 10-30 pounds

over " ideal weight " (whatever that is). The main diagnosis is spleen

deficiency.

Thanks