Nausea, headache, dizziness - besides taking motion sickness medication, why not try traditional Chinese acupressure therapy? Massaging the Guanchong acupoint can have a better effect than motion sickness medication!
【Conditions Treated by Guanchong Acupoint】
Guanchong acupoint is mainly used for external heat diseases, as well as diseases related to the head and face. For example, it can be used for headache with fever, fever without sweating, dizziness, facial pain, throat obstruction, tinnitus, and hearing loss.
In modern times, Guanchong acupoint is also used to treat heat diseases, heatstroke, vascular headaches, conjunctivitis, keratitis, acute tonsillitis, and mumps. It is one of the essential acupoints for emergency treatment.
Guanchong acupoint is effective for syncope, heat diseases, headaches, red and painful eyes, and throat swelling and pain.
It can also be used for diseases of the head and face, such as headache, laryngitis, conjunctivitis, and corneal opacity.
Other conditions that can be treated include cerebrovascular diseases, heat diseases, and pediatric indigestion.
【Methods to Relieve Dizziness with Guanchong Acupoint】
Guanchong acupoint is located on the ulnar side of the distal phalanx of the ring finger, 0.1 cun away from the corner of the nail. It is the first acupoint on the Hand Shaoyang Sanjiao meridian.
The Sanjiao meridian is the largest of the six fu organs and is responsible for regulating the body's qi. It is a major pathway for qi circulation.
Motion sickness occurs when the body cannot tolerate the shaking of vehicles or ships, leading to poor ascending and descending of qi. This results in dizziness due to the inability of clear qi to rise and nausea and vomiting due to the inability of turbid qi to descend.
Stimulating the Guanchong acupoint can regulate and promote qi circulation, awaken the mind, and relieve nausea and vomiting.
【Tips】
Guanchong acupoint is relatively small. When stimulating this acupoint, you can use the thumb and index finger of the other hand to hold the ring finger and press and rub the acupoint with the thumb nail.
