Health massage teaches you to press the right acupoints to easily say goodbye to colds

People with poor resistance are often prone to colds and coughs. It would not be good if you have to go to the hospital or take medicine frequently because of this. After all, all medicine is poisonous to some extent. Here is an acupoint massage method for your reference, which can save you the pain of taking medicine.

Massage Fengchi acupoint

The acupoint is located on the back of the neck, below the occipital bone, in the depression between the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the upper end of the trapezius muscle.

Action instructions: Cross your fingers, place your palms on the back of your head, and press the acupoints with your thumbs. Press gently but forcefully. While pressing, lift your chin and tilt your head back 5

Hold it for about a few seconds, then suddenly release your thumb. Repeat this 5 to 10 times.

Massage Hegu acupoint

The acupoint is located at the base of the thumb on the back of the hand, in the depression between the first and second metacarpal bones.

Key points of the action: Place the tip of your thumb on the Hegu point of the other hand, and press along the edge of the thumb bone. You will feel very comfortable but a little painful. It’s okay, you can press with a little more force.

To relieve headaches, try acupressure

We are all familiar with headaches, almost everyone has experienced them. Of course, headaches are divided into several types, and different types of headaches require symptomatic treatment in order to achieve good results. The following acupoint massage method for relieving headaches introduced by Chinese medicine can be used as a reference for your reference.

Push and rub Fengchi: Use the tips of the thumbs of both hands to push and rub the Fengchi acupoint for 1 to 2 minutes.

Push and rub Yintang, Zanzhu, Yangbai and Taiyang. Use the tip of the second joint of the index finger of both hands to push and rub Yintang, Zanzhu, Yangbai and temples, for 1 to 2 minutes each, until you feel local soreness and swelling.

Push Shangxing, Baihui, Fengchi, Shuegu and Taiyang with the four fingers or middle fingers of both hands, from front to back and from inside to outside, in a circular motion, pushing Shangxing, Baihui, Fengchi, Shuegu and Taiyang several times, each time for 1 to 2 minutes.

Push and rub the Hegu points. Use the tip or pulp of your thumb to push and rub the Hegu points on both hands alternately, for 1 to 2 minutes on each point.

If you have a headache due to wind-cold, and have symptoms such as fever, aversion to wind-cold, and clear runny nose, and your neck is stiff, focus on massaging the Fengchi point and add massage to the Jianjing point.

If the headache is caused by wind-heat, with symptoms such as fever, slight aversion to wind, thirst, and thick yellow nasal discharge, push and rub the Waiguan acupoint.

Summary: To sum up, massaging acupoints is beneficial to the body and mind. Even if you are in good health, you can give yourself a proper massage. This can also prevent you from getting sick. It is a two-birds-at-one deal. You can give it a try.