Stimulate the two acupoints on the hands, which can clear the heart, relieve anxiety, and get rid of upset!
An anxiety disorder is a mood disorder characterized by persistent nervousness, worry, fear, or episodic panic, accompanied by behavioral features such as autonomic nervous system symptoms and restless movements. Anxiety, like depression, falls under the category of emotional illness in TCM. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that depression hurts the liver, so where does anxiety hurt?
Anxious and sad!
The heart is the official of the monarch, its position is on top, the five elements belong to fire, and the characteristics of fire are upward, so when a person thinks too much and desires too much, it is easy to lead to excessive heart, and the main manifestation of hyperfire is emotional irritability, tossing and turning at night, insomnia and insomnia, sores on the tip of the tongue, yellow urine, and a hot feeling when urinating, in addition to constipation, red face, fever and other symptoms.
Therefore, the treatment of anxiety should start with a clear heart! Today I will share two acupuncture points that can clear the heart and remove anxiety - Laogong acupoint and Zhongchong acupoint.
The Lao Gong acupoint belongs to the hand syncope yin pericardial meridian, spread out the palm, the middle finger is naturally bent, and the place where the middle finger is pointed in the palm of the hand is the Lao Gong acupoint. Stimulating the acupoint can relieve the heart fire, achieve the purpose of calming the nerves, strengthening the brain and intellect.
Stand the thumb tips vertically in the palm of the palm, stand the index and middle fingers on the opposite side of the back of the palm, when clicking, the thumb should be vertically downward, the front and back are the same, and then the thumb is pressed on the inside, there will be a feeling of soreness and numbness, press it as many times a day, about 2 minutes each time, and persist for a long time, you can suppress your excessive heart fire.
Zhongchong is also the acupuncture point of the Yin pericardial meridian of the hand, located in the center of the tip of the distal knuckle of the hand, sprinting blood in the middle, which can effectively clear the heart fire and improve the state of anxiety.