Dr. Liu says that acupuncture is most effective for people who are large around the waist, because abdominal fat tissue is less compact. One old gentleman who came for treatment had a beer belly the size of a woman eight months pregnant, but after three months of acupuncture he had lost seven kilos.
劉桂蘭說明，針灸療法對腹部肥胖的人最有效，因為腹部組織鬆散，求診病患中有一位老先生的啤酒肚就像婦人懷孕七、八個月那麼大，結果針灸三個月瘦了七公斤。