In life, when we mention health care, most people's first reaction is to take a variety of supplements or health care pills. In fact, massage can also play a role in health care. There are massage techniques such as tonic and ventilatory. Tonics refers to gentle, mild, continuous stimulation; The opposite of laxative is a rapid, heavier, and shorter stimulus. So what kind of acupuncture points can be massaged to have such a curative effect? Today, I will introduce it to you.

1. Shenmen Acupoint

The Shenmen acupoint is actually located in the depression slightly above the ulnar side end of the wrist horizontal stripe, which is the original acupoint of the Hand Shaoyin Heart Sutra, which is compared to the gate where the divine qi swims out. If you use the tonic method in the Shenmen acupoint, it can play a role in calming the mind and calming the nerves and replenishing the heart qi, just like if you eat sour jujube kernels or cypress kernels. If the laxative method is used in the Shenmen acupoint, it can clear the heart and open the body, and the effect is such as taking the Chinese medicine Zixue Dan, calamus, amber and other medicines.

Second, the foot three

Zusanli acupoint is one of the nine acupuncture points of Huiyang, where it is located at the outer knee eye downward 4 horizontal finger, which is the key point for stomach diseases and human body strength. If it is stimulated by the tonic method, it can strengthen the spleen and stomach, replenish the middle and invigorate the qi, which is equivalent to eating Codonopsis, Atractylodes, Yam, Red Dates and other medicines; If you use laxatives, you can eliminate food and stagnation, and clear the stomach and intestines, just like eating hawthorn, rhubarb and other medicines.

3. Three, three intercourse

The three yin meridians are located at the inner malleolus upward 4 fingers, and are named after the three yin meridians of the liver, spleen and kidney at this acupoint. As the saying goes, the spleen is the blood, the liver is the blood, the kidneys are the essence, and the essence and blood are born together, so this acupoint is the key to treating blood-related diseases. The use of tonic method on this acupoint can play the role of blood tonic, spleen strengthening, and blood intake, which is equivalent to eating angelica, ejiao, purple river car, barley and other medicines; If you use the laxative method, it has the effect of invigorating blood and dissolving stasis, just like taking Guiwei, peach kernel, safflower and other medicines.

Fourth, Guan Yuan acupoint

This acupoint is located at the four fingers below the umbilicus, where the yin and yang vitality of the human body meet, and is the acupuncture point of the Ren vein. The tonic method used in this acupoint can play a role in tonifying the kidney yang, which is equivalent to eating cinnamon, deer antler, Morinda officinalis, fairy grass and other medicines. This acupoint is often used to treat debilitating diseases, so laxative methods are rarely used.

Fifth, the sea of gas

This acupoint is located at the two fingers below the umbilicus, called the sea of qi, and has the effect of greatly replenishing vitality. The tonic method used in this acupoint can play a role in greatly replenishing vitality, just like eating ginseng, astragalus and other medicines; If you use the laxative method, it can play a role in promoting qi and regulating qi, which is equivalent to eating incense, lychee core, agarwood, tulip and other medicines.

Do you know where the above acupuncture points are? Acupressure generally has no side effects, so you can usually press more, which can have a health care effect.