In daily life, improper dietary habits can easily lead to mouth ulcers, bad breath, and gum swelling and pain. So what can we do to relieve mouth ulcers, bad breath, and gum swelling and pain? Let's take a look at the method of massaging the Dui Duan point to relieve these issues!
Dui Duan Point
1. Dui Duan: dui gu
Dui Duan is also known as Dui Gu.
Dui refers to the mouth, and Duan means the tip. This acupoint is located at the tip of the upper lip, hence the name Dui Duan.
2. Location:
The Dui Duan point is located at the tip of the upper lip, at the transition between the skin below the philtrum and the mucosa of the upper lip.
3. Properties and Functions:
Calms the mind, clears the brain, and promotes salivation and quenches thirst.
4. Main Uses:
Treats mouth stiffness, mouth ulcers, bad breath, gum swelling and pain, polydipsia, rhinitis, fainting, mania, enuresis, epistaxis, mouth stiffness, toothache, blurred vision, nasal congestion, coma, syncope, hysteria, jaundice, yellow urine, oral inflammation, epilepsy, facial nerve paralysis, diabetes, and more.
5. Health Maintenance:
Regularly massaging acupoints such as Dui Duan is a very good way to maintain health. It not only helps to regulate physical discomfort, but also prevents many diseases. It can be persisted in for a long time and will greatly benefit the body.
6. Efficacy and Actions of the Dui Duan Point:
Relieves and treats symptoms such as nasal congestion, nosebleeds, rhinitis, gum pain, syncope, epilepsy, and more.
Efficacy: Clears heat, disperses wind, opens the orifices, and invigorates the mind.
7. Therapeutic Techniques:
Needling technique: Insert the needle obliquely upwards for 0.2-0.3 cun, causing local soreness.
Moxibustion: No moxibustion.
Massage: Use the fingertip to press and circle massage the Dui Duan point, which can stimulate the movement of the skin around the lips, making the lips firm and smooth and reducing lip lines.
Tips for Diet in Relation to Mouth Ulcers, Bad Breath, and Gum Swelling and Pain
1. Consume soft and easily digestible foods, such as egg custard, porridge, and rice congee.
2. Eat foods rich in vitamins, such as radishes, broccoli, eggplants, asparagus, strawberries, apples, papayas, kiwis, tomatoes, and oranges.
3. Consume foods rich in zinc, such as pork heart, clams, oysters, animal liver, lean meat, eggs, and walnuts.
