The human body has a "big medicine box", and you can press it for minor illnesses and small pains
Hegu Cave
Hegu Cave, also known as "Tiger's Mouth", is a "universal cave".
Among the hundreds of acupuncture points in the body, the treatment range of Hegu acupoint is the most extensive, with the therapeutic effect of the whole body, it can really be described as a vast supernatural power, it is simply an all-round acupoint that treats all diseases, and a large medicine box that can be carried around. Almost all diseases can be treated directly or indirectly with the help of this acupoint, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it "cures all diseases".
Acupuncture point positioning
This acupuncture point is on the hand, it is easy to find, between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones on the back of the hand, when the midpoint of the radial side of the 2nd metacarpal bone, this acupuncture point is the Hegu acupoint.
How to take the acupoints
When it comes to actual acupuncture, we often use two simple methods:
✦ The thumb and index finger are closed, and the highest part of the muscles on the tiger's mouth is;
✦ Put the first joint of the thumb of one hand is facing the tiger's mouth of the other hand, bend the thumb and press it, and the fingertip is the Hegu acupoint.
Attending
✦Body heat, headache, dizziness, eye redness, swelling and pain, epistaxis, sore throat, toothache and facial swelling, deafness, aphonia, trismus, crooked mouth and eyes, and cheeks; fever, chills, cough, anhidrosis or hyperhidrosis, malaria;
✦ abdominal pain, vomiting, constipation, dysentery;
✦ Pediatric convulsions, convulsions, epilepsy, epilepsy;
✦ dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, delayed labor;
✦ Addiction rash, itchy skin, boils, erysipelas;
✦Shoulder and arm pain, swollen fingers, numbness, hemiplegia.
Health and wellness
Hegu is the largest stimulation point of the whole body reaction, which can reduce blood pressure and calm the nerves, and often press this acupoint vertically with the thumb and fingertips, 1~3 minutes each time, 3 times in the morning, noon and evening (more pressing is better), and it also has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, and has a good conditioning and health care function for headache, deafness, blurred vision, insomnia, neurasthenia and other diseases.
Note: It is also good to use a wooden or horn massage wand for massage results.
taboo
"Acupuncture Shishengjing": "Women should not be pierced when they are pregnant, and the fetal gas will be damaged." "Do not press this acupoint during pregnancy to prevent the uterus from contracting forcefully and miscarrying.
1. Prevent stroke and high blood pressure
The occurrence of stroke is closely related to the liver. From the perspective of the five elements, the lungs and large intestine belong to the gold, and the liver belongs to the wood, when the function of the lungs and large intestine is disordered, the liver loses restraint, and then produces liver-related diseases, such as stroke, convulsions, crooked mouth and eyes, dizziness, vertigo, etc.
At this time, you can use your thumb to pinch the patient's valley for 2~3 minutes, and the syncope can generally be relieved.
If you often use moxibustion or massage the Hegu acupoint to keep the qi of the lungs and large intestine smooth, once the liver fire is generated due to emotional or dietary reasons, the smooth qi of the lungs and large intestine will calm down the liver fire.
If you do the massage of Hegu acupoint every day, once in the morning and once in the evening, for 5 minutes each time, it can well prevent stroke, cerebral infarction, and cerebral hemorrhage. Moxibustion and acupuncture can also prevent and treat high blood pressure.
2. Antipyretic and lung-strengthening medicine
Moxibustion and Gu acupoints can penetrate qi and blood, promote the rise of yang qi, help correct and dispel evil, and enhance the body's immunity.
Moxibustion or clicking on the Hegu acupoint can develop the intestines, promote the hair and clear the qi, and divide the heat, so as to strengthen the heat-clearing effect of anti-diaphoresis, so it can have a good effect in the prevention and treatment of colds.
The human body has several immediate effect antipyretic points: Dazhu, Quchi, Hegu, and Waiguan, and they can even be called "Analgin" on people's bodies.
When the cold symptoms start to appear, you can massage the Hegu acupoint and press 100 times on the left and right. The pressure should be slightly heavier, so that it has a sour and numb feeling. Drink a glass of warm water after the massage to make the body sweat slightly, and the cold symptoms can be relieved.
Many children and middle-aged and elderly people often feel chest tightness and shortness of breath, cough and phlegm, sweating, sweating a lot when sleeping, and are particularly prone to colds, and high fever, or external heat and internal cold, upper heat and lower cold, in fact, these symptoms are the manifestation of lung loss.
In order to completely make the lungs healthy, you still have to go to the roots, then you need to adhere to moxibustion and Hegu acupoints.
3. Pain relief acupoint
Hegu meridian qi is vigorous, the pain-relieving effect is very good, it can be called the "painkiller" on our body, almost all pain can be relieved by moxibustion or using the thumb to pinch and press the Hegu acupoint.
Headaches: neuropathic headaches, insomnia headaches, neck pain, and neuropathic headaches in middle-aged and elderly people are all common diseases. After the disease, it occurs several times a day, and at the same time there are symptoms such as insomnia, forgetfulness, memory loss, and lack of concentration, which often makes people miserable.
At this time, you can get good results by taking massage therapy from Hegu acupoint.
Hegu acupoint is an important acupuncture point on the large intestine meridian, which passes from the index finger through the hands, arms, shoulders, neck, and all the way to the head and face. "Where the meridians pass, the main treatment reaches", so the pain and discomfort in these parts can be relieved by the Hegu acupoint.
Toothache: As the saying goes: a toothache is not a disease, it hurts to be deadly. But you know what? In fact, Hegu acupoint can help you treat this fatal pain.
When administering treatment, you should use the cross treatment method, that is, if you have a toothache on your right side, you should moxibustion or rub the Hegu acupoint on your left hand; If you have a toothache on your left side, moxibustion or rubbing the Hegu acupoint on your right hand.
If the gums are swollen and painful due to gingivitis, and the recurrence occurs, you can get unexpected results by pressing the Hegu acupoint frequently.
In addition, direct moxibustion and moxibustion can also treat tonsillitis.
The large intestine meridian is also a meridian with more blood and more qi, so massaging the original acupoint of the large intestine meridian and the Hegu acupoint can also promote qi and blood, effectively treat menstrual pain, and female friends with dysmenorrhea can give it a try.
4. First aid acupoint
The valley cave is also a first-aid cave.
If fainting is caused by heat stroke, stroke, collapse, etc., you can use your thumb to pinch the patient's Hegu acupoint for two or three minutes, and the syncope can generally be relieved. If you pinch the acupoint with your fingertips at the same time, the effect of awakening the brain and returning to the body will be better.
5. Gastrointestinal medicine
Hegu acupoint is the magic medicine of the stomach and intestines at your hand!
If you often feel nausea and vomiting, you can stimulate the Hegu acupoint, which can widen the middle and regulate the qi, direct the turbidity qi downward, and regulate your stomach and intestines in an all-round way.
If you have irregular diet, frequent diarrhea, abdominal pain, and bloating, you can press the kneading Gu acupoint, which can relieve pain and sedation, and promote the body's qi and blood.
If you often lose your appetite and do not digest, you can also moxibustion or press the Gu acupoint, which can clear the intestines and dissolve qi, clean up the intestinal garbage, eliminate intestinal toxins, promote the early discharge of food residues from the body, and enhance intestinal motility.
Because the Hand Yang Ming Large Intestine Meridian and the Zu Yang Ming Stomach Meridian intersect, and because they are the same name, the two "seek the same qi", so stimulating the Hegu acupoint can regulate the meridian qi, which has a significant effect on the treatment of diseases of the stomach and gastrointestinal tract. Such as stomach pain, vomiting, constipation, hiccups, diarrhea, etc.
6. ENT medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture and moxibustion "Song of the Four General Acupoints" says: "The abdomen and abdomen are left for three miles, the waist and back are entrusted, the head item is missing, and the face and mouth are harvested."
The so-called "face and mouth are harvested" means that all diseases of the head and face, such as headache, toothache, fever, dry mouth, nosebleeds, neck pain, sore throat, and other ENT diseases.
For the treatment of facial paralysis, Hegu is a must-take acupoint. People with nasal allergies can also press the Hegu acupoint often to relieve symptoms. In short, the Hegu acupoint is a holy medicine for dealing with ENT diseases. Hegu acupoint is used in the deacotic lesions of the facial features. For example, the treatment of facial paralysis, facial muscle spasm, melasma, acne, rosacea, skin allergies and other diseases can also play a good role.
In the treatment of freckles and facial skin problems, you can also massage the two hands together 30~50 times a day to convey the soreness to the upper limbs, and you can achieve the obvious effect of beauty and beauty over time.