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    Acupressure: For Diagnosing and Treating Over 53 Common Ailments
    Acupressure: For Diagnosing and Treating Over 53 Common Ailments
    Acupressure: For Diagnosing and Treating Over 53 Common Ailments
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    Acupressure: For Diagnosing and Treating Over 53 Common Ailments

    By Vikas Khatri

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    Acupressure is the branch of traditional Chinese medicine that is used to prevent and treat disease by exerting pressure at certain key points in the patient's body. Within the context of acupressure, it is accepted that these points are part of a system and are connected by meridians. Preliminary examination of the patient reveals which points and meridians need to be stimulated in order to treat a particular illness or health problem. This book discusses the concept of Qi, or energy, as a basis for acupressure in particular.
    This discussion includes consideration of the forces referred to as yin and yang, the five organ networks, and the relationships of the phases and networks in diagnosing and treating health problems, and concludes with the introduction of diagnostic procedures and treatment of disorders. Starting with origin of acupressure, techniques & methods, reflexology, emotional healing, points & meridians, warnings to cure, the book explains points where pressure has to be exerted to provide relief from 53 ailments, such as Skin problems, Allergies, Breathing problems, Fatigue, Backache, Cold, Constipation, Depression, earache, Eyestrain, Frustration, Hair loss, Hangovers, Headache, Migraine, Heartburn, Indigestion, Blood pressure, Immune system, Sexual problems, Insomnia, Knee pain, memory improvement, Body pain, Toothache, Weight management etc.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherV&S Publishers
    Release dateApr 1, 2020
    ISBN9789357941471
    Acupressure: For Diagnosing and Treating Over 53 Common Ailments

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      Acupressure - Vikas Khatri

      ABC of Acupressure

      Acupressure is an ancient Chinese healing method that involves applying pressure to certain meridian points on the body to relieve pain. The human body has fourteen meridians that carry energy throughout the body. These meridians start at the fingertips, connect to the brain, and then connect to the organ associated with the specific meridian.

      Acupuncture and Acupressure use the same points, but acupuncture uses needles, while Acupressure uses the gentle but firm pressure of hands. There is a massive amount of scientific data that demonstrates why and how acupuncture is effective.

      Acupressure is the most effective method for self-treatment of tension-related ailments by using the power and sensitivity of the human hand. Acupressure deals with all the aspects of a person as a whole: body, emotions, mind, and spirit as one, not as separate parts. It relaxes muscular tension and balances the vital life forces of the body.

      Common Benefits:

      ♦Relieve stress and tension

      ♦Relax mind and body

      ♦Increase blood circulation

      ♦Aid in the removal of toxic wastes

      ♦Provide relief from head, neck and shoulder aches

      ♦Promote the healing of injuries

      ♦Increase energy levels

      ♦Increase overall feeling of well-being

      ♦Decreasing labour pains

      Acupressure uses the fingers to press key points on the surface of the skin to stimulate the body’s natural self-curative abilities. When these points are pressed, they release muscular tension and promote the circulation of blood and the body’s life force to aid healing.

      Acupressure can be effective in helping relieve headaches, eyestrain, sinus problems, neck pain, backaches, arthritis, muscle aches, and tension due to stress. There are also great advantages to using Acupressure as a way to balance the body and maintain good health. The healing touch of acupressure reduces tension, increases circulation, and enables the body to relax deeply. By relieving stress, acupressure strengthens resistance to disease and promotes wellness.

      Acupressure focuses on relieving pain and discomfort as well as on responding to tension before it develops into a disease, that is, before the constrictions and imbalances can do further damage. By using a combination of self-help methods, you can improve your condition as well as feel more alive, healthy, and in harmony with your life.

      This treatment involves stimulating the vital-energy points along the meridians on our body to effect maximum energy flow.

      According to traditional Chinese medicine, there are over 800 vital energy points along the meridians that run from the head down to the heels, especially along either side of the spinal column. (The meridians connect the interior and exterior of the body). Every point has specific therapeutic effects on the related organ. By massaging these points, the corresponding body area receives specific therapeutic treatment. It can be used to treat internal organ diseases, relieve internal discomfort, and relax yourself; or to promote overall well-being of the body.

      Western scientists have shown that many of these points are located at key crossways of the autonomic nervous system. This may explain in part why they can affect pain that the patient experiences in a part of the body far from where the pressure is applied.

      It’s important to drink plenty of warm water after the massage, to help clear away toxic substances in our body.

      Caution: If you have a serious illness, or life-threatening illness such as heart disease, or cancer, please consult with your physician before practicing Acupressure.

      History of Acupressure

      Acupressure has been practiced as a healing art for at least 5,000 years. It is the third most popular method for treating pain and illness in the world. This complete health system has been documented for use in treating over 3000 conditions. If you are looking for options to your current treatments or for ways to supplement your current health care, you are on the right track. This is a proven, natural and cost effective self-care system of home treatment that could improve the quality of your life.

      Acupressure philosophy is based on the same principles as acupuncture. By using pressure instead of needles, acupressure works to stimulate specific reflex points located along the lines of energy which run through the body, called meridians. There are 14 main meridian lines, each of which corresponds to an individual organ of the body. When the vital energies are able to flow through the meridians in a balanced way the result is good health. When you experience pain or illness it is an indication that there is a block or leak in the energy flow within your body.

      Acupressure has been around in this world for an unknown number of years now. It is a science that has been existing in different parts of the world for many years, but as of today, it exists mainly in Asian countries like India, China, Japan, and Korea. Possibly the earliest evidence of use of the meridian system for health purposes has been found in Europe, of all places. Ötzi the iceman, a 5,000 year old mummy found preserved in an alpine glacier, seems to have tattoos, some of which correspond to points that a modern acupuncturist or Tui Na specialist would use to treat symptoms of diseases that Ötzi seems to have suffered from, including digestive parasites and degenerative bone disease. However, it is difficult to speculate on the meaning of the tattoos as to whether they served a decorative, religious, or a medical function.

      In early times when stones and arrows were used in war, many wounded soldiers began to report relief from long standing problems which suddenly vanished. It was first difficult to associate the link between being injured by a piercing object, and the restoration of health. Eventually it was concluded that certain illness could be cured by striking or piercing certain points. The earliest instruments of acupuncture or skin puncture were modified from arrows, stones, bones, bamboo slips and finally needles made of gold, silver and copper.

      The Nei Ching or the yellow emperor's classic of internal medicine is the earliest known text on acupuncture. It was believed to have been written between 2697 and 2596 B.C during the reign of emperor Huang ti. The Nei Ching is an extensively detailed manual explaining all treatment methods for a wide range of ailments. It has been used for thousands of years as the foundation of modern acupuncture. The Nei Ching is one of the oldest know documents written about medicine of any sort. Acupuncture is the oldest known form of medicine, and has more published, practiced and documented about it than any other form of medicine in history.

      Chinese medicine was ignored by the western world until the 17th century when Jesuit missionaries were sent to China to introduce and convert the Chinese to Christianity. Instead they returned to the West with unbelievable accounts of Chinese physicians curing illness by inserting needles into the surface of the skin. In 1928 a French specialist in Chinese culture, Souile de Morant, translated many of the documents about acupuncture into French, thus introducing the West to Chinese medicine.

      During several periods in recent history acupuncture has been outlawed by the Japanese and Chinese governments. In 1884, emperor Tao-kuang prohibited the practice within the imperial palace and strongly punished physicians who used it. Perhaps he had an intense needle phobia. The common people continued to use acupuncture regardless. In Japan, acupuncture which had been in use since the sixth century, was also abandoned during the late 1800's in an attempt to establish hospitals based on western medicine.

      Mao Tse Tung's army was key in revitalizing the art of Chinese medicine in 1935-35 as the army was living and fighting under conditions which did not allow the practical use of other forms of medicine. Currently, Japanese and Chinese hospitals and medical centres use a combination of traditional acupuncture and herbology along with western approaches such as surgery and drugs. But the country who has surpassed all others in the use of acupuncture is France. There are approximately 6000 doctors using acupuncture and it is a routine treatment in more than 15 hospitals.

      In the late 1970s the world health organization, which, did a series of studies and declared acupuncture medicine to be highly effective in 40 major internal disease processes. It is common the find the use of acupuncture in many western medical facilities now, although much of the application of this medicine is limited to pain control and less focused on internal medicine.

      The root of the way of life, of birth and change is qi (energy); the myriad things of heaven and earth all obey this law. Thus qi in the periphery envelopes heaven and earth, qi in the interior activates them. The source wherefrom the sun, moon, and stars derive their light, the thunder, rain, wind and cloud their being, the four seasons and the myriad things their birth, growth, gathering and storing: all this is brought about by qi. Man's possession of life is completely dependent upon this qi. Nei ching chi, (chee) or qi, (key), are two names for the life force energy.

      According to Chinese medical theory, a child is born with chi which has been transmitted from the mother’s kidneys. This chi is a fixed amount of life energy which travels through the body along pathways known as meridians. Because the kidneys hold the inherited chi or life force energy, we never want to sedate the kidney meridian or energy circuit. This could create a great loss of vital

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