Tickle tickle! Massaging these acupuncture points teaches you to stay away from itchy skin
Pruritus refers to a skin disease in which there is no primary damage to the skin, but only itching and secondary damage caused by itching. It includes two types: systemic and localized, which tend to occur in winter and are common in the lower limbs. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that itchy skin is related to blood deficiency and dryness, and massage can nourish blood, dispel wind, and moisten dryness, thereby effectively improving the condition. Among them, Quchi, Fengshi, Diaphragm and other acupoints are all anti-itching acupoints, with Xuehai, Dazhu and other acupoints, especially suitable for patients with itchy skin and urticaria.
Symptoms of itchy skin
◎ Red and itchy skin ◎ Dry and crumbular skin ◎ Heat and thirst, loss of appetite ◎ Short urine
Special acupuncture points for the treatment of itchy skin: Dazhu acupoint, Diaphragm Yu acupoint, Quchi acupoint, Fengshi acupoint, Hundred Worm Nest acupoint, Xuehai acupoint
How to take the acupoints
Large vertebral points: The large vertebral points are located at the lower end of the neck of the human body, in the depression under the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra. If the protruding bone is not obvious, the patient is asked to move the neck, and the immobile bone joint is the first thoracic vertebrae, about shoulder level.
Diaphragm Yu acupoint: Diaphragm Yu acupoint is located on the back of the human body, when the spinous process of the seventh thoracic vertebra is under the spinous process, the left and right sides are two finger widths. (If you turn your back to your hand, you can feel the depression between the shoulder blades and the vertebrae, and this is the place, and there is one on the left and one on the left.)
Quchi point: Quchi point is located at the lateral end of the elbow stria, flex the elbow, and the midpoint of the line between the ulinate point and the lateral epicondyle of the humerus. That is: in the bend depression of the elbow joint.
Fengshi acupoint: The Fengshi acupoint is located on the midline of the outer thigh of the human body, when the popliteal horizontal stripe is 7 inches (erect, the hand hangs down on the side of the body, and the tip of the middle finger is everywhere. ）
Worm Nest: Worm Nest "Hundred" index is a lot, "worm" refers to the worm (roundworm) in the body, "nest" refers to the worm nest, this hole can treat the disease caused by various insect evil, so it is called "Worm Nest". The 100 insect nest points belong to the meridian outside the strange acupoint, located on the inner thigh, 3 inches on the medial end of the patella, (just on the route of the spleen meridian, the inner upper edge of the patella is upward, straight up about two fingers wide), that is, 1 inch on the spleen meridian blood sea acupoint, sit on the knee or lie on your back to take it.
Xuehai Point: The Xuehai point is located on the inner thigh, from the upper corner of the inner side of the kneecap, about three fingers wide above the groove of the muscles, and the place where you feel pain when you press it, there is an acupuncture point called Xuehai. (Sit on a chair and straighten your legs, and there will be a depression on the inside of your knee, and above the depression there is a bulging muscle, the top of the muscle is the Xuehai Point, or cover the kneecap with your own palm (the right palm is pressed on the left knee, and the left palm is pressed against the right knee), with the five fingers facing up, the palm of the hand is naturally open, and the bottom of the thumb is the Xuehai point.) ）
Massage techniques
1. The person being massaged sits upright and massages the large vertebral point with the index finger until it feels sore.
2. The massaged person sits upright, and the massager uses the thumbs and fingertips of both hands to press and rub the diaphragm acupoints on both sides of the massaged person, and it is advisable to produce a feeling of soreness at the acupuncture points.
3. Sit upright, use the massage stick to tap the Quchi acupoint on one side, the strength is moderate, and it is appropriate to feel soreness and swelling at the acupuncture point, and the left and right arms are alternately tapped.
4. Sit upright, use the index finger knuckle gravity to press the Fengshi acupoint, until the local swelling pain is appropriate, and the left and right legs are alternated.
5. Sit upright, rub the blood sea point on one side of the thumb and fingertips, and knead in a clockwise direction, the strength is from light to heavy, until the local soreness is appropriate, and the left and right legs are pressed and kneaded alternately.
6. Sit upright, use the massage stick gravity to tap the worm's nest point, until the acupoint produces a feeling of soreness, and the left and right legs alternately.
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Adjuvant therapy
Houttuynia cordata and jujube tea: Take 50 grams of dried Houttuynia cordata and 15 red dates. Wash the houttuynia cordata and red dates, boil them in a casserole with water, and then turn to low heat and cook thoroughly, and drink tea every day. Houttuynia cordata can clear heat and detoxify, and red dates can nourish blood and nourish yin, and the two can be boiled together, which can improve allergic constitution, relieve itching and moisturize the skin, and be beneficial to patients with itchy skin. For those with a hot physique, the amount of jujube can be appropriately reduced.