METHOD OF CORRECTING BODY WEIGHT GAIN AFTER GIVING UP SMOKING Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC A61H39/00 A23L1/29 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, namely to therapy, reflexology. Method includes introduction of low-calorie diet. Simple carbohydrates are limited to 10% of calorie content, general fats - to 30-35% of calorie content, animal fats - to 10%. Diet is enriched with proteins to 25%, vitamins, minerals, with magnesium - to 500 mg, cellulose - to 30 g. If body weight index is 25-30 units, food calorie content is limited to 1800 kcal per day for men and 1500 kcal - for women, course of auricular acupuncture is carried out. Course includes carrying out 10 sessions for 30 minutes in points AP 17 and AP 18. If body weight index is higher than 30, food calorie content is limited to1500 kcal for men and 1400 kcal - for women. Additionally to auricular acupuncture after 20-30 days carried out are 10 30-minute long procedures of corporal acupuncture every second day or daily. Corporal acupuncture is performed in points of intersection of anterior, medial and posterior axillary lines with horizontal line, drawn through crests of iliac bones.

EFFECT: method ensures body weight correction without application of drug therapy, does not have side effects.

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