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This Is What Happens When You Push On These 5 Points On Your Body

Know These Pressure Points that Can Relieve Stress

Stress in an unavoidable feature of life. Nobody likes it, but it's not as if there's some button that you can press to turn stress on and off... or is there? If you believe in the alternative medicine technique called acupressure, then that's pretty close to what happens when you apply pressure to specific points on your body.

Studies have found that acupressure can effectively treat a range of health conditions, including nausea, pain, headaches, and stress. While some skeptics have raised questions about the science behind the alternative, non-invasive practice — arguing that it's more of a placebo effect than a legitimate, physiological response — many report that the practice, which is rooted in traditional Chinese medicine, has improved their quality of life.

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There are a number of pressure points throughout the body that are associated with stress relief in particular. Just apply pressure, massage each point, relax your body, and repeat as necessary. That's the standard method recommended by experts at UCLA's Center for East-West Medicine, an integrative medical school that has developed techniques based on traditional Chinese practices that have been around for more than 2,000 years.

HERE ARE FIVE PRESSURE POINTS THAT CAN RELIEVE STRESS.

1. HE GU

Locate the highest spot of the muscle when the thumb and index fingers are closed together and massage it for four to five seconds. This pressure point is used to treat stress, headaches, toothaches, facial pain, and neck pain.

2. JIAN JING

Pinch the shoulder muscle with your thumb and middle finger and stimulate the point for four to five seconds. It's commonly used for stress, facial pain, headaches, toothaches, and neck pain.

3. TAI CHONG

This pressure point is used to treat stress, lower back pain, high blood pressure, menstrual cramps, limb pain, insomnia, and anxiety. Apply pressure on your foot about two finger widths above the place where the skin of your big toe and the next toe join.

4. FENG CHI

Use your thumb to follow the mastoid (ear) bone down the groove back to where the neck muscles attach to the skull and apply pressure. This acupressure technique is recommended for stress, headache, migraine, eye blurriness, fatigue, low energy, and cold/flu symptoms.

5. ZU SAN LI

"In traditional Chinese literature and practice, this point is frequently stimulated for health promotion and longevity," UCLA wrote. It's also commonly used for gastrointestinal discomfort, nausea, vomiting, stress, and fatigue.

If you'd prefer a step-by-step guide to acupressure for stress, check out this video:

THE AUTHORKyle Jaeger

Kyle Jaeger is a Los Angeles-based reporter for ATTN:. He's formerly written for VICE, The Hollywood Reporter, and The Morning News, among other publications.

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6 Pressure Points That Will Help You Control Stress And Lose Weight Naturally

If you’ve tried losing weight, you know that it can help you find stress. And this is something no one wants. Dieting doesn’t help because you restrict your intake, fight natural urges, and just get more stressed out. Instead out upping stress, just put the pressure on.

Put the pressure on yourself, with these 6 acupressure points that will help control your cravings, as well as control your stress.

Controlling stress is very important when trying to lose weight because increased stress can lead to emotional eating – or binge eating.

Some people call it “Eating My Feelings,” which helps to build a positive association with feelings of negativity. So stop eating your feelings, and feel around for these particular pressure points that will help you with stress and weight control.

The 6 Best Pressure Points To Control Stress and Weight

This “weight loss program” uses self-massage to help your digestive system function properly. Increase your body awareness and decrease your cravings using these points.

Technique:

First massage the area. This increases blood flow to the area as well as loosening the muscles that may be over-stressed. After you’ve massaged, apply pressure with one or two fingers, or using your palm or the side of your hand. End with another light massage.

If you find a point on one side of your body, make sure to find the same pressure point on the other side. This increases the chances of efficacy.

Abdomen Point:

Found an inch (or 2 fingers) below the belly button (Ren 6 in the image), the abdomen point focuses on the digestive system, enhancing its function and giving your body and immune system strength. It also reduces constipation.

Place two of your fingers on it and massage. Then apply consistent pressure on this point for at least 2 minutes. Do this twice daily.

Abdominal Sorrow Point:

Under the last rib on both sides, 4 fingers from your solar plexus, you’ll find the Abdominal Sorrow Point which, when massaged and pressed, relieves indigestion, ulcers, rib pain, and helps balance your appetite.

Curve your fingers just under your ribs and in-line with your earlobes to activate this spot. Massage and apply pressure for 5 minutes a day to help with stress and weight control.

Ear Point:

Place your finger against your jaw and move your jaw up and down. The point with the most movement is the ear point; now calm your jaw and press for a minute. This will help control your appetite and ease stress associated with back and neck pain.

Knee Point:

2 inches below your kneecap, on the outside of your leg you will find the Knee Point. If the muscle moves under your finger when you flex your foot, you’ve found the right spot. Start with a massage, then press this spot for 2 minutes.

Activating this pressure point will improve digestion and “nourish your blood”. Massage and press every day and you’ll start to notice the changes in your body.

Elbow point:

On the inside of your elbow and the side closest to your ribs you’ll find the elbow point, which stimulates intestinal function and helps to remove excess heat and unwanted moisture from your body.

Press this point for a minute everyday, using your thumb to apply enough pressure.

Ankle point:

2 inches above your ankle, on the inside of your leg and just off the bone you’ll find the Ankle Point. Stimulating this spot will help your digestive system, helping you metabolize your meals.

Apply pressure for a minute with your thumb or knuckle and release slowly. Do this daily.

Keep Pressing This Point For 2 Minutes! Then See What Will Happen To Your Body!

The Chinese culture and medicine believe that our feet are full of different important locations, points, which are linked to various parts and organs of our body. The stimulation and massage of these points may bring relief and improvement of health conditions.

One of these essential points is Tai Chong (LV3), which is located on your foot, between the big toe and the second toe, about two finger widths above the place where the skin of your big toe and the next toe joint.

It is suggested that the stimulation of this point can help in treating headaches, reduce stress, manage anger, lower back pain, high blood pressure, relieve menstrual cramps, limb pain, insomnia and anxiety and also you will help in the regulation and refreshment of the liver.

Moreover, according to Chinese texts, it can be extremely beneficial in the case of digestive issues, genital pain, headaches, canker sores, irritability and eye problems.

Furthermore, scientists prove that a randomized trial has yielded a positive result with acupuncture stimulation on Tai Chong (LV3) and other points, to manage post-stroke depression. On the other hand, animal studies discovered that this point can reduce blood pressure and plasma endothelin-1 levels in hypertension subjects.

In order to use all its benefits, you need to stimulate this point in the following manner: slide your finger along the space between the first and second toe to the tip of the joint. Tai Chong (LV3) is located in the depression before your finger touches the bone (metatarsal joint).

When you find it, apply pressure and massage for 2-3 seconds and make a break for 5 seconds.Do this massage for 2 minutes. Remember, you need to move your finger in a counterclockwise direction over this point.

Also, you need to note that you should not use it when you feel weak or low on energy.

Press These Points On Your Palm To Relieve Any Pain

Alternative medicine is far more attractive and more efficient than Western medicine, at least when it comes to treating pain. However, experts agree that it would be pretty wise to combine Western and alternative medicine and relieve any symptom or ailment.

Have you ever heard of reflexology? It involves alternative treatments of pain and guarantees great benefits. Reflexology understands the idea of determining the pressure points within the borders of your palm. These points are connected to corresponding parts in the body that cause pain.

By pressing a particular point on your thumb for 5 seconds, releasing the pressure for 3 seconds, pressing it again, and repeating the whole thing for a few minutes you will sure get the results you expect. For optimal results you should repeat the procedure several times a day.

In the video below you can learn more about this and other types of methodology. This time Dr Oz is hosting a reflexologist who introduces the idea that our feet and hands are a sort of microcosm of our bodies.

They invited 5 participants from the audience to explain in which part of their bodies they feel pain mostly. The reflexologist helps them connect these parts to particular points in their palms. She also demonstrates how applying different forms of pressure and massage to certain points of the palm can bring relief and make pain disappear over time. You can use one of your hands to stimulate the points on your other hand, and vice versa.

The participants were bothered with the following ailments:

Constipation and bloating
Insomnia and exhaustion
Congested sinuses
Upper back pain
Poor sex drive

She explained the principles of reflexology in a clear and fascinating way. She showed the participants how to apply this method on their hands and relieve their pain, explaining how should they feel while stimulating the pressure points in order to determine whether they are working on the right part.

This video will sure trigger you to try some of the methods doctors demonstrated. Share your experience and tell us what you think about these alternative treatments. Have you ever tried any of them? Are you ready to experience an instant relief?

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