About 70% of the population in the United States is overweight.  That is a glaring runaway health problem plaguing the US.  The health costs for this particular problem alone will reach over $200 billion.  Definitely, this is a major health issue and if left to fester, will take its toll on the economy of the country.

Many health fitness centers have sprung up all around the US to address this problem.  Though it is a good idea to burn calories and tone the muscles at the same time, many obese people live sedentary lives and will opt for another kind of weight loss program less strenuous and straining to their taste.

There are literally thousands of diet programs published promoting varied forms of diet programs.  Most of these programs are in essence just mere starvation programs with concoctions of various herbs and vegetables expensively priced.  Some of these programs really work while some are mere product scams.

Another weight loss option promoted by some doctors and pharmaceutical companies is the intake of pills that reduce weight in one way or another.  This is a dangerous way to lose weight since these pills have so many side effects that does damage to major organs not to mention the adverse reactions of the body towards these medications.

All these programs merely treat the symptom of the problem.  Many people who overeat suffer some form of emotional problem and pain which eating alleviates.  Some are obese because of genetic predisposition due to some passed on hormonal disorder.  If the first cause of obesity is reflected on, then there are many sad, lonely and depressed people living in the US and they are growing in numbers each year.

Many have discovered the wonders of Chinese medicine as an excellent alternative for weight loss.  Treatments in the form of acupuncture, herbal medicine or both are the best ways to treat obesity.  The traditional Chinese way to medically treat sickness and disease is to cure the human being holistically.  This means that traditional Chinese medicine not only aims to heal the physiological aspect of the individual but also its emotional, psychological and spiritual sides.

Traditional Chinese medicine centers its goal to the flow of chi, (Chinese word for life force) in the body.  The chi, when flowing freely through channels called meridians, enables the body’s vitality and growth.  When psychological, emotional, environmental and even spiritual factors impinge on chi’s flow by setting up blockages in the major organs in the body, diseases and maladies are experienced by the individual.

Acupuncture Miami is administered to the patient to remove these blockages to allow chi to flow freely again and help the body combat the cause and the root of the problem by correcting imbalances in the body and curing the emotional and psychological pain of the individual.