Apply deep, probing pressure with fingertip, knuckle or soft-pointed object, such as a pencil eraser.
Clasp your hands together (A), touching your upper wrist with your forefinger; the point is found on a line with the thumb, in a small depression (B); remembering the position of the point, unclasp your hands and apply pressure
TCM: Lung 7
Bend your arm, hand to shoulder, and place your finger on the end of the crease on the outside of the arm; open your arm and stimulate the point
TCM: Large Intestine 11
Two thumb widths above the outside of the wrist, lined up with the middle finger
TCM: Triple Warmer 5
Two thumb widths from the largest crease on the inside wrist; the point is between the tendons in the middle of the wrist
TCM: Pericardium 6
On the crease of the inside of the elbow, on the thumb side
TCM: Lung 5
Squeeze thumb and forefinger together, forming a ridge above the thumb; the point is in the middle of that ridge, just above the end of the crease formed by thumb and forefinger; good for most problems from the waist up
TCM: Large Intestine 4
On the tip of the shoulder; pick up your arm and look for the a dimple toward the back of the shoulder.; put your finger in the dimple, lower your arm and begin stimulation
TCM: Triple Warmer 14
On top of the shoulder, half way between the neck and the outside of the shoulder
TCM: Triple Warmer 15
Just above where the big toe and the second toe separate, on the upper surface of the foot
TCM: Liver 2
If you have not found relief, try the same points on the opposite side of the body, or go back and try a related or similar symptom or body area. If you have not used acupressure before, please see the Instructions, then click the "Body Area" or "A-Z" tab and repeat.
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