This acupuncture point is the "heart-saving pill" that comes with the human body

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the heart and summer correspond to each other, and if you want to take care of your body in summer, you must first take care of your heart.

Summer is also the high incidence of heart disease, and preventing heart discomfort has become the top priority in summer. Especially when you feel chest tightness and shortness of breath, you must find the "heart-saving pill" that our human body comes with - Neiguan acupoint.

Kuang Xiuying, deputy chief physician of the Department of Preventive Treatment of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, said that Neiguan acupoint belongs to the meridian point of the hand syncope yin pericardial meridian, which leads to the yin and dimensional veins, and is also one of the acupuncture points where the eight veins meet.

The so-called intersection point is the intersection of two meridians and two meridians and above acupoints, the inner side corresponds to the Neiguan acupoint, and the outer side is the outer Guan acupoint. Neiguan acupuncture points play a two-way role in regulating the human body, and it can play a role in first aid on the pericardial meridian.

"Cardiothoracic search for Neiguan" means that Neiguan acupoint has the effect of benefiting the heart qi and widening the chest and diaphragm, and all cardiothoracic diseases (such as heartache, palpitations, chest tightness, chest pain, etc.) have a good prevention and treatment effect with this acupoint.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the heart corresponds to the spirit (brain), and the Neiguan acupoint can also improve or alleviate the symptoms and frequency of epilepsy, madness, epilepsy and some mental diseases.

Neiguan acupoint is the key point of heart health, if you usually feel uncomfortable in the heart, you can try to press the Neiguan acupoint.

On the one hand, the Neiguan acupoint can adjust the heart rate. Massaging the Neiguan acupoint can improve both tachycardia and bradycardia.

On the other hand, the Neiguan acupoint can play a role in relieving pain and urgency. Massage Neiguan acupoint has obvious relieving effect on heartache, palpitations, myocarditis, angina, etc.

In addition, massaging Neiguan acupoints has obvious effects on vomiting caused by various reasons, especially for motion sickness. Neiguan acupoint is not only related to the smooth muscles of the whole body, but also has the effect of calming the mind, often have insomnia, dizziness, headache, people who feel stressed may wish to press more Neiguan acupoint.

The location of the Neiguan acupoint is very easy to find, you only need to put the palm facing up, when the fist is clenched or the palm is raised, you can see that there are two tendons in the middle of the palm, the Neiguan acupoint is in the middle of these two tendons, and the wrist is 2 inches on the horizontal stripe.

When taking acupoints, you can put the three fingers of the right hand together, the ring finger is placed on the horizontal stripe of the left wrist, and the middle point of the right index finger and the left wrist cross is the Neiguan acupoint.

Heart care compression: press the left hand Neiguan acupoint with the thumb of the right hand, hold the outer Guan acupoint with the index finger (on the other side opposite to the inner Guan acupoint of the arm), press each other with the two fingers, pinch and loosen 50 times, and repeat 50 times with the other hand, which has a health care effect on the heart; If palpitations are felt, you can quickly press the Neiguan acupoint until the palpitations disappear, and repeat every other day to strengthen and consolidate the effect.

To relieve heartache: press the Neiguan acupoint on the opposite side with the thumb and finger of one hand, press down first, and then do centripetal pressure (that is, massage from the distal end to the proximal end), alternate the two hands, and it is better to have a feeling of soreness. If the heartbeat is too slow, strong stimulation techniques can be used; If the heartbeat is too fast, the technique will gradually increase from light to heavy, and tremor and gentle kneading can be used at the same time.

Pressing the Neiguan acupoint can adjust blood pressure and heart rate in both directions, even if the high blood pressure decreases and the low blood pressure increases, the heart rate is accelerated in the slow and slowed down in the fast; Improve symptoms such as chest tightness, heartache, arrhythmia and menopausal syndrome in patients with coronary heart disease. Regular massage of Neiguan acupoint can prevent and treat rapid or bradycardia, angina, arrhythmia, high blood pressure, asthma, chest pain, stomach pain and other diseases.

It should be noted that the median nerve is under the Neiguan acupoint, and the kneading or pressing technique should not be too heavy, if there is a local severe pain and numbness, the manual operation should be stopped to avoid nerve damage.