M.N.Popova, M.D., Yakutsk, Russia

Female: age 35. Height 160 cm, weight 85 kg.

Diagnosis: obesity. Presented with complaints on excessive weight, shortness of breath in motion, continuous sensation of hotness, heaviness in the whole body that made her avoid moving. From the interview it has become clear that the patient is a very caring person, always worries about her relatives.

Su Jok diagnosis: excessive UM-Humidity.

Treatment:

1) Warming up of the basic points.

2) Needle stimulation of the areas corresponding to the oesophagus, stomach, diaphragm, spinal cord, and brain.

3) Energy flow therapy: sedation of the stomach byol-meridian, tonification of the large intestine byol-meridian, sedation of the spinal cord and brain byol-meridians during 1 hour at the time of these meridians' activity, tonification of the bladder byol-meridian during 1 hour.

4) Six Ki treatment through byol-meridians: sedation of UM-Humidity (Fig. 1).

Fig. 1. Treatment of obesity. Sedation of UM-Humidity

She underwent a course of 5 sessions. Beginning with the second session the patient's appetite was considerably lower. During the next several months the patient's weight decreased by 7 kg and remained stable.