Using Alternative Medical Techniques to Lose Weight

This article discusses alternative medical techniques used to lose weight. The techniques discussed are tai chi and qigong, two forms of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that have been used for centuries to treat a wide range of ailments. The initial stage of this research used Microsoft Copilot, an artificial intelligence chatbot, to find publications on the use of these two tools of TCM to lose weight. The initial search uncovered several internet articles that discussed cases where tai chi or qigong were used successfully to reduce weight. Stage two of the search used PubMed, a medical database to find medical studies that examined the use of tai chi or qigong to lose weight. The study found that tai chi and qigong can be used to effect weight loss.