How successful acupuncture and herbs to help you control the weight depends on how long you can stay on healthy diet and how much exercise you do routinely. Why some people stay very in good shape after three to six months acupuncture treatment, while other people just put on their weight again gradually, that's because you have to stay on the healthy diet, it's not you have to be on certain diet, you have to eat healthy and especially control the sweet. Because the sweets can bypass your digestive system and go directly into your blood and increase blood sugar, and increase the fat of deposits. So after you stop acupuncture treatment and achieve weight gain, weight loss, you still need to stay on healthy diet.