Acupressure Points
Acupressure is done by fingers, palms, elbows or feet, or special devices to apply pressure to acupoints on the body's meridians. Sometimes, acupressure also involves stretching or acupressure massage, as well as other methods. Simply apply your finger or thumb to the most sensitive area you can find. Press hard but keep it tolerable, and hold it for 2-3 minutes.
Acupressure helps to correct functional imbalances and restore the flow thus returning the body to a more natural state of well-being. Acupressure is an effective form of stimulation used to help relax the muscles.
Points of Acupressure
Joining the Valley(L-I4)
Location: It's located on the back of the hand, deep between the webbing of your thumb and pointer finger.Benefits: The most common point in acupressure therapy, the large intestine 4 points (LI4) is known as Hegu, meaning “joining valley.”
Sea of Tranquility(CV-17)
Location: Located in the middle of the chest, right on the breastbone.
Benefits: This is a great point to enable relaxation and gives a great boost to the immune system.
Benefits: Sacral points at the base of the spine, relieves lower back pain, sciatica, genital and rectal pain, erectile dysfunction, and also increases sexual pleasure
Benefits: Strengthens the whole body, tones the muscles, energizes the legs, and relieves knee pain
Benefits: It works to strengthen your overall health, decrease stress, and boosts energy.
Benefits: The third eye refers to the gate that leads to the inner realms and spaces of higher consciousness.
Sacral Points(BL-32)
Location: Its located on the sacrum, approximately one index finger length above the buttocks crease and one thumb width to the side of the spine.Benefits: Sacral points at the base of the spine, relieves lower back pain, sciatica, genital and rectal pain, erectile dysfunction, and also increases sexual pleasure
Three Mile Point (ST-36)
Location: Four finger widths below the kneecap, one finger outside the shinboneBenefits: Strengthens the whole body, tones the muscles, energizes the legs, and relieves knee pain
Shen Men(HT-7)
Location: This pressure point is situated in the upper third part of your ear.Benefits: It works to strengthen your overall health, decrease stress, and boosts energy.
The Third Eye(GV-24.5)
Location: Third eye point can be found between your two eyebrows where the bridge of your nose meets your forehead.Benefits: The third eye refers to the gate that leads to the inner realms and spaces of higher consciousness.
Pericardium(P-6)
Location: It is located three finger breadths below the wrist on the inner forearm in between the two tendons.
Benefits: It's commonly used to help relieve nausea, upset stomach, motion sickness, carpal tunnel syndrome, and headaches.
Heavenly Pillar(B-10)
Location: Point is located 2 fingers below the base of the skull on the rope like muscles present on both sides of the spine.
Benefits: It helps in relieving aches at the back of the head, neck pains, eyestrain, stress,
Benefits: Relieves knee pain, stiffness, arthritis, back pain, and sciatica.
Benefits: Helpful in memory problems, headaches, and poor concentration while boosting energy, motivation, focus, and clarity of thought.
Commanding Middle (B-54)
Location: In the center of the back of the knee in the crease of the knee joint.Benefits: Relieves knee pain, stiffness, arthritis, back pain, and sciatica.
Bigger Rushing(LV-3)
Location: This point is on the top of the foot, place the tip of your index finger at the webbing between the big toe and second toe.Benefits: Helpful in memory problems, headaches, and poor concentration while boosting energy, motivation, focus, and clarity of thought.
