How can massage be effective for treating high blood pressure?

Hypertension brings a lot of troubles to people. With the development of society, many people neglect their lives because of their busyness. Most of them have a family history. It is usually caused by multiple genes. Hereditary hypertension is more common. Frequent mental tension, high pressure and other external influences can also cause hypertension. The incidence of hypertension is higher in people over 40 years old. There are also some people who do not pay attention to their daily diet. For example, they eat too much salt, drink alcohol and smoke frequently, which have a great impact on high blood pressure. Therefore, you should pay attention to your diet. The treatments for high blood pressure include medication and other treatments. You can also use massage to treat high blood pressure. How can massage be effective for high blood pressure? Next, let’s see how to massage to treat high blood pressure.

1. Raw materials

Motion massage therapy

2. Steps

Don't be discouraged if you have high blood pressure. After all, medicine is highly developed nowadays. With equal emphasis on traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, there is still hope for treating high blood pressure. Of course, in addition to medicine, diet therapy, massage, exercise, etc. also have auxiliary effects. Now let's look at massage.

1. Bath and wipe method

Rub your hands together to warm them up, then apply the solution from the forehead to the temples, along the front of the ears to the chin, and repeat 20 to 30 times. Then use the four fingertips of both hands to apply from the Yintang point along the eyebrow arch to the temples on both sides, repeat several times, and gradually move up to the hairline. The technique should be relaxed and gentle, and slight pressure should be applied to the Yintang acupoint to produce a local warm feeling. This massage method can lower blood pressure and improve facial radiance.

There are mainly two acupoints involved here, one is Yintang and the other is Taiyang. Yintang point is located between the two eyebrows. It has the functions of improving eyesight and opening the nose, dispersing wind and clearing heat, calming the mind and soothing the nerves. It is suitable for headache, dizziness, rhinitis, nasal sinusitis, epistaxis, red and swollen eyes, infantile convulsions, insomnia and other symptoms. In modern times, it can also be used for facial nerve paralysis, trigeminal neuralgia, hypertension, neurasthenia and other diseases. The temple is located in front of the auricle, in the temporal region (on both sides of the forehead), and is the depression between the midpoint between the tip of the eyebrow and the outer corner of the eye. It has the effects of relieving fatigue, invigorating the spirit, relieving pain and refreshing the brain. It can be used for headaches, migraines, eyestrain, toothaches and other diseases. Both of these acupoints can regulate high blood pressure.

2. Rub the Zanzhu acupoint

When it comes to Zanzhu acupoint, people are probably more familiar with eye exercises, in which this acupoint will be massaged. So where is this acupuncture point located? The Zanzhu point is located on the human face, in the depression on the inner edge of the eyebrow (in the center of the eyebrow depression, at the supraorbital notch). Massaging this acupoint can not only protect the eyes, but also has many other benefits. Let’s first take a look at what diseases this acupoint can treat. Generally speaking, Zanzhu acupoint can treat symptoms such as headache, facial paralysis, blurred vision, tearing, red and swollen eyes, twitching eyelids, brow pain, drooping eyelids, and tearing in the wind (commonly known as leaky eyes). In modern times, it can also be used to treat eye congestion, eye fatigue, common eye diseases, and pseudomyopia. Massaging the Zanzhu acupoint can relieve symptoms such as headache and dizziness caused by high blood pressure. The specific operation method is: use the tips of the thumbs of both hands to massage the Zanzhu acupoints on both sides for about 100 times, applying even force.

3. Wipe the bridge bow

Many people may not be familiar with the Qiaogong acupoint, but it plays a significant role. Let’s first take a look at where the bridge bow is. Located on the large tendons on both sides of the human neck, you can feel it when you move your head left or right. This acupoint has a significant blood pressure lowering effect. The specific operation method is: tilt your head to one side, use the four fingertips of both hands to push and rub along the big tendon on the bulge behind the opposite ear to the upper opening of the chest, alternate hands, and repeat several times.

3. Notes

For a disease like hypertension, it is impossible to achieve the desired effect by relying solely on massage and it still requires drug treatment. The effect will be better if diet therapy and rhythm therapy are combined with drug treatment.