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- Michelle Schoffro Cook
- March 18, 2011
- 4:11 pm
- 179 comments
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) includes many points on the hands that can be massaged to support healing from common health conditions, including: headaches, fevers, neck and back pain, among others. You can massage these points on your own hands or massage the points on someone else’s hands.
These healing points are also called acupoints. Numerous scientific studies have shown the existence of these acupoints, which are located along invisible energy lines that connect to various organs and systems in the body. When pressed or massage, these points can induce therapeutic functions that are specific to each point.
There are many benefits of using hand acupressure, some of which include:
- It has a 5000-year old history of successful use;
- It is free;
- It is easy to do;
- It can be done anywhere; and
- There are no harmful side-effects. Certain points are best avoided by pregnant women (LI 4 is an example).
To help you get started, I’ve included three important hand acupoints that are commonly used for pain, headaches, fevers, heart problems, and more.
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Michelle Schoffro Cook, MSc, PhD, RNCP, ROHP
Michelle Schoffro Cook
Michelle Schoffro Cook, MSc, RNCP, ROHP, DNM, PhD is an international best-selling and twelve-time book author and doctor of traditional natural medicine, whose works include: Healing Recipes, The Vitality Diet, Allergy-Proof, Arthritis-Proof, Total Body Detox, The Life Force Diet, The Ultimate pH Solution, The 4-Week Ultimate Body Detox Plan, and The Phytozyme Cure. Check out her natural health resources and subscribe to her free e-newsletter World's Healthiest News at WorldsHealthiestDiet.com.
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+ add your ownThanks for the info.
Feels good massaging the areas pointed out here.
This is great, i get headaches a lot, and refuse to take medicine unless it's absolutely necessary, i can't wait to try this!
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I'm going to try these also!
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Wonderful article!
Thanks, sounds interesting and worth trying, but a picture would have helped.
I'm going to try these, but wish there had been a picture of the specific areas.
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