Acupressure For Anxiety
Acupuncture point Yin Tang/Hall of Impression
Acupressure is the manual stimulation of points on the body's meridian system. Acupressure is safe to self-administer and non-invasive. The 12 meridian system of Chinese Medicine corresponds to the organs of the body.
Dispersing technique: Tapping. When an area feels too sensitive or you are feeling very stagnant, irritable, too hot, dispersing is indicated.
Grounding (tonifying) technique: Massaging. When an area feels weak, has a dull ache, better with pressure or you are feeling fatigued, ungrounded, floaty, not anchored - tonifying is indicated.
Acupuncture point Du 20/Bai hui/Hundred Meetings
Yin Tang/Hall of Impression: center point between eyebrows. Relieves sinus pressure/congestion, good for eyes, headache, anxiety, insomnia, agitation and stress.
Du 20/Bai hui/Hundred Meetings: vertex, top of the head. Good for stress, anxiety, lifting energy/spirits when feeling down or fatigued. Improves focus, clarity, strengthens spiritual connection.
PC6/Nei guan/Inner gate: between two tendons on the underside of the wrist, an inch away from the wrist crease. Good for stress, insomnia, heart palpitations, nausea, vomiting, anxiety that is felt in the chest, stagnation in the chest.
KD27/Shu fu/Storehouse: located under the collarbone and against the sternum. Good for cough, asthma, shortness of breath, tightness in the chest, anxiety, fatigue.
Ren17/Tan Zhong/Chest Center: located at the center of the chest on the sternum. Good for heavy heart, tightness in the chest, asthma, anxiety, tightness in the chest, bronchitis, cough, nausea, acid reflux.
Acupuncture point PC6/Nei guan/Inner gate
Acupuncture points KD27/Shu fu/Storehouse, Ren17/Tan Zhong/Chest Center
Sources:
Baker, Al-Kafaji, Deadman (1998) A Manual of Acupuncture Journal of Chinese Medicine
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