What are some effective pain relief methods for gallstones?

After suffering from gallstones, you must receive regular treatment to avoid greater harm to your health. In addition to good treatment, you can also take some effective tips to relieve and stop pain. For example, pinch the corresponding acupoints with your fingers to curb the pain. The more common acupoints are Heguxue. You can also use cigarettes to burn the Xiaxi acupoint, which can achieve a certain relief effect.

1. Acupressure to remove gallstones

Ask the patient to lie on his back with his legs straight and slightly wider than shoulder width apart. The therapist sits in front of the patient's foot, holds the patient's left ankle with his left hand, rotates the left foot outward about 40 degrees, then presses the painful point and pushes from the bottom toward the Qimen and Riyue points. It will be painful at first, then gradually become less painful and feel comfortable, then you can stop pressing.

2. Acupressure to relieve pain

Ask the patient to take off his clothes, lie prone, and press the three acupoints of Liver, Gallbladder, and Spleen with his thumb or palm. If the colic still persists after pressing in this way, you can use a steamed or boiled towel to apply hot compress to the Qimen point under the right breast and the epigastric area under the xiphoid process (heart), and the pain will stop.

3. Press the Hegu point

Ask the patient to lie on his left side with his right hand stretched out and raised toward his head. The therapist stands in front of the top of the patient's head and holds the patient's right elbow with his left hand while pulling the patient's right hand upwards. After pausing for a while, he pushes the Hegu point in the opposite direction (towards the liver). Repeat this process slowly three times and the colic will disappear.

4. Cigarette burning Xiaxi acupoint

The Xiaxi point is located at a tender spot on the dorsum of the foot between the 4th and 5th toes. Light a cigarette and burn this acupuncture point (be careful not to get too close so as not to hurt the skin). The length of roasting time depends on the patient's response. If you don’t feel hot when you start roasting, roast until you feel hot; if you feel hot at the beginning, roast until you don’t feel hot anymore, and the pain will be relieved.