Obesity (TCM), as part of China’s Medicine Progress Series, has 19 excellent articles on obesity research with TCM. The articles included were recommended by the editorial boards of the journals in which they were originally published, covering mechanism and clinical studies. These articles fully demonstrate the unique therapies and good efficacy of TCM in treating obesity, with scientific methodological support and objective conclusions. The original articles were published in Chinese, and this book is a compilation of English versions of selected articles.

Doctor WU Zhongchao is a doctoral supervisor, a chief physician, a consultant expert of the Central Health Protection Commission, one of the fifth batch of the national distinguished veteran doctors of TCM, and the chairman of the Specialized Committee on Meridian Sinew Diagnosis and Treatment, the China Association of Acupuncture–Moxibustion. Due to the long-term dedication to clinical practice with acupuncture and moxibustion, he has accumulated unique experience in the diagnosis and treatment of pain syndrome, metabolic disorders, and difficult and complicated diseases as well as in health preservation. Doctor Wu has presided over almost 20 projects, published more than 100 academic papers, and compiled approximately 20 academic works.