HOW YOU CAN PROMOTE YOUR OWN HEALTH WITH SELF-APPLIED ACUPRESSURE (USING THE SAME POINTS AS DOES ACUPUNCTURE)

 

Acupressure is a healing art that involves applying pressure to specific points on your body to produce health-promoting effects.

How can applying pressure to different areas of your body help your health? The answer lies in understanding your nervous system.

Having a healthy nervous system is an absolute must if you want to have a healthy body, as the activities of every cell in your body are governed by your nervous system.

An essential requirement for maintaining a healthy nervous system is to provide your largest nerves with optimal blood flow and stimulation, which promote optimal nerve tone - this is akin to regular resistance work and stretching promoting optimal muscle tone.

Applying direct pressure to specific nerves throughout your body on a regular basis is a simple and powerfully effective way to stimulate your nerves and bring them optimal blood flow. Put another way, applying pressure to specific nerves can promote healthy nerve tone, which in turn, promotes good overall health.

One of the best features of acupressure is that you don't need to spend thousands of dollars and many months or years to learn how to use it to help your health.

What follows are descriptions and links to pictures of the three of the most important acupressure points - which most people can stimulate on themselves - in order to promote and maintain good overall health:

 

http://www.acuxo.com/meridianPictures.asp?point=LI4

LI4 • He Gu • Large Intestine 4 Union Valley. Yuan Source Point on the Large Intestine Channel.

 

Command Point of the Face and Mouth.

Location: On the dorsum of the hand, approximately at the midpoint of the second metacarpal bone, in the belly of the first interosseus dorsalis muscle.

 
Strengthens Defensive Qi
Expels Wind
Benefits The Face, Eyes, Nose, Mouth, And Ears
Activates The Channel
Induces Labor
Restores The Yang
Adjusts Sweating
Releases The Exterior
Alleviates Pain
 
 
Abdominal Pain • Amenorrhea • Arm Pain • Constipation • Deafness • Eye Deviation • Eye Disorders • Facial Edema • Facial Muscle Paralysis • Fever Without Sweating • Finger Contraction • Headache • Hemiplegia • Intestinal Disorders • Labor Difficult • Mouth Deviation • Nosebleed • Parotitis • Respiratory Disorders • Skin Disorders • Throat Soreness • Toothache •

 

 

http://www.acuxo.com/meridianPictures.asp?point=LR3&meridian=Liver

 

LR3 • Tai Chong • Liver 3 Great Surge. Shu Stream Point on the Liver Channel. Yuan Source Point on the Liver Channel. Earth Point on Wood Meridian.

Location: On the dorsum of the foot, between the first and second metatarsal bones, approximately 2 cun superior to the web margin.
 
Spreads Liver Qi
Subdues Liver Yang
Nourishes Liver Blood
Clears The Head And Eyes
Regulates Menstruation
Regulates The Lower Burner
Nourishes Liver Yin
Expels Wind
 
 
Abdominal Pain • Ankle Conditions • Depression • Diarrhea • Dizziness • Endocrine Disorders • Eye Disorders • Foot Cold • Genital Pain • Headache • Hernia • Hypertension • Hypochondriac Region Pain • Hypochondriac Region Swelling • Insomnia • Jaundice • Liver Disorders • Lumbar Pain • Menses Irregular • Mouth Deviation • Nausea • Perspiration Continuous Postpartum • Seizures • Testicular Swelling • Throat Soreness • Urinary Dysfunction • Urine Retention • Uterine Bleeding Abnormal • Vertigo • Visual Disturbances • Vomiting •

 

 

http://www.acuxo.com/meridianPictures.asp?point=SP6&meridian=Spleen

 

SP6 • San Yin Jiao • Spleen 6 Three Yin Intersection. Meeting Point on the Spleen Channel with the Liver and Kidney Channels.

Location: On the medial leg, 3 cun superior to the medial malleolus, on the posterior border of the tibia.

 
Regulates The Spleen And Stomach
Drains Damp
Regulates The Liver
Regulates Menstruation
Regulates The Lower Burner
Regulates Urination
Calms The Spirit
Invigorates Blood
Activates The Channel
Benefits The Genitals
Alleviates Pain
Tonifies The Kidneys
Induces Labor
 
 
Abdominal Distention • Abdominal Pain • Amenorrhea • Borborygmus • Diarrhea • Digestive Disturbances • Dizziness • Dysmenorrhea • Dysuria • Eczema • Edema • Failure to Discharge Placenta • Genital Pain • Hemiplegia • Hernia • Hypertension • Impotence • Infertility • Insomnia • Labor Difficult • Leg Muscle Atrophy • Leg Pain • Leg Paralysis • Leukorrhea • Menses Irregular • Neurasthenia • Nocturnal Emissions • Reproductive System Disorders • Urinary Dysfunction • Urinary Incontinence • Urticaria • Uterine Bleeding Abnormal • Uterine Prolapse • Vertigo •