Does rubbing the stomach clockwise help digestion?

Indigestion is a common disease that occurs in all age groups. Some symptoms are mild and will heal after a while, but if indigestion persists for a long time, you should seek medical attention immediately. In fact, indigestion is a disease caused by gastric motility disorders, which also includes gastroparesis and esophageal reflux disease caused by poor gastric motility. So what can we do with indigestion? I heard that rubbing the stomach clockwise can help digestion. What are some methods?

Rubbing your stomach between 1-3 pm every day is most effective in promoting digestion. This is because the small intestine meridian is most active during this period. Massaging the abdomen can accelerate small intestine absorption and promote digestion. In addition, massaging the Zhongwan point on the abdomen (4 inches above the navel) can relieve stomach pain, bloating, vomiting, etc.

Therefore, people who have poor digestion and often sit in the office can gently massage their stomachs between 1 and 3 pm, 36 to 60 times each time.

Five-step acupressure massage to aid digestion

1. Place the thumbs of both hands on your chest and the other four fingers on your armpits. Lift the chest muscles with relative force. Lift and relax while moving from the inside to the outside. Repeat 3 times.

2. Use the thumbs of both hands to push from the Tanzhong point at the midpoint of the line connecting the two nipples on the midline of the front of the body to the Ruzhong points on both sides, and continue to push outward along the intercostal space to the sides of the chest, then move down one intercostal space, and then push outward from the midline of the chest to the intercostal space to the sides of the chest, and continue in sequence.

3. Push from the midline of the abdomen to both sides, and from the upper abdomen to the lower abdomen in turn, repeat 3 times.

4. Use both hands to squeeze your abdomen. Start from one side of the abdomen and move towards the other side, pinching the upper and lower abdomen once each. When pinching, use both hands to pick up a piece of abdominal muscle (skin, subcutaneous tissue and muscle), gently lift it up and pause for a moment, release and move forward, then pinch another piece of muscle, relax and do it again, and repeat 3 times.

5. Use your palms to massage your abdomen, starting from the center of the abdomen, massaging in a clockwise direction and gradually from the inside to the outside. Do this 30 to 50 times. Then rotate counterclockwise from outside to inside 30 to 50 times.

Practice has proved that the above massage methods have a good therapeutic effect on diseases such as indigestion, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, chest tightness and gastrointestinal dysfunction.

Through the above introduction about rubbing the stomach clockwise to aid digestion, you now understand how to do it. If you often suffer from indigestion, you might want to give it a try. Hope this helps. It is also recommended that you should have a reasonable diet. Eat more easily digestible foods and less spicy and greasy foods. This also helps with indigestion.