Headache main reasons can be tensions in shoulders, neck and head muscles; it is because muscles squeeze the blood vessels which provide the brain with oxygen. Suffering under headaches is because brain does not get enough oxygen. In addition to that the reason of headaches can also be stress, intensive work days or intensive days at home. Stress predisposes the super potential.
Looking our daily events as standing by, we notice how important are the amount of stress and different emotions. That is the reason why emotional people do have super potential and the headaches accreted from that.
In Chinese medicine there is a big importance of balancing working, resting and different emotions. Everything extra causes an imbalance, it is known as blocking Qi energy, which causes pain and diseases.
To relieve headache, it is important to relieve tension in muscles. It is good to know the basic self-massage technics, for neck and head. Then you are not depending of others.
In case of migraine it is necessary to have medicine intervention, but acupuncture accelerates and makes the treatment more effective, and acupuncture PureRelief chips helps to relieve pain.
As follows we describe the basic Chinese acupuncture points to relieve headache and migraine.
Acupuncture point – He Gu is located when you encapsulate your forefinger and thumb together and He Gu is the highest point (see picture). It is the most important point to relieve other pain also. Working on this point can help to relieve the pain in forehead, teeth and the pain in shoulders. It helps to relieve the punishing pain in head and also it is used to relieve labour pain. Warning! During the pregnancy it is prohibited to use this point, because it can cause premature shrinking of uterus.
To massage this point, open your thumb and press He Gu point strongly with your other hand thumb, do it approximately 1 minute. Go over again with changing hands. You can get better results if you use acupuncture chips PureRelief.
Acupuncture point – Ying Xiang is located in the dimple next to your nostril and it relieves strong forehead and headaches, also during the sinusitis it helps to relieve stuffy nose.
Massage your nose from both sides with your forefinger, approximately 1 minute. Suffering under runny nose it is likely that these points do hurt.
Acupuncture point – Feng Chi is located under your nape in a dimple. According to Chinese medicine this point helps to relieve the ´´deleterious wind´´ which is entrenched into your body. The term ´´ deleterious wind´´ means very often headache, which is the first symptom of influenza. Massaging Feng Chi point helps to relieve headaches, migraine, neck pain and inflexibility, coordination disorders, arthritis, eyestrain and feeling dizzy. To get a better massage for these pints, lean you head backwards. Massage these points with your both thumbs at the same time, approximately ½ minute. After that take a break, and let your head lapse into your breast. After the break repeat the same procedure. You can get better and effective results if you use acupuncture chips PureRelief.
