Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the acupoints in our body have medicinal properties just like Chinese herbs. If we use them properly, they can to some extent replace the use of Chinese herbs. For example, the commonly used massage technique of acupoint calcium supplementation can help us reduce the intake of medication.
【Effect and Function of Dū Dū Acupoint】
1. Calcium Supplementation
Dū Dū Acupoint is an important acupoint for calcium supplementation, especially for the elderly. It can also treat muscle atrophy, osteoporosis, and lower back and leg pain. People with cervical spondylosis should also massage Dū Dū Acupoint frequently.
Some elderly people experience leg cramps every night. The most likely cause is blockage of the spleen meridian, which prevents calcium absorption. Massaging the Dū Dū Acupoint and the Shāng Qiū Acupoint for three minutes each every day can help alleviate leg cramps. In general, leg cramps should disappear after three days.
2. Spleen and Stomach Health
Dū Dū Acupoint is an acupoint on the spleen meridian. It has the functions of clearing heat, relieving pain, invigorating the spleen, and harmonizing the middle. It has a good relieving effect on gastritis, gastric spasms, abdominal distension and pain, and acute and chronic enteritis.
3. Alleviating Lower Back Pain
Dū Dū Acupoint is a fire point located on the inner side of the big toe. Fire can generate earth, so it can treat spleen deficiency, lack of appetite, weakness, and lower back pain caused by malnutrition.
Massaging the Dū Dū Acupoint can only be helpful for muscle atrophy, osteoporosis, and lower back and leg pain. However, it is not effective as a standalone treatment and requires specific individualized treatment based on syndrome differentiation.
【Other Acupoints on the Spleen Meridian】
The acupoints on the spleen meridian help promote blood circulation, bringing fresh blood to the affected area and clearing away waste. Therefore, it is important to massage the acupoints on the spleen meridian every day to promote blood and qi circulation.
1. Yǐn Bái Acupoint
Stimulating the Yǐn Bái Acupoint is usually done with moxibustion. It can also be stimulated by pressing with a toothpick to treat chronic rhinitis and nosebleeds.
2. Tài Bái Acupoint
The symptoms mentioned above are all caused by poor digestive function of the spleen. Although there are many symptoms of spleen deficiency, massaging the Tài Bái Acupoint can prevent and treat them all. This acupoint is the main point for spleen-related problems on the spleen meridian.
Massaging the Tài Bái Acupoint is most effective when using the inner side of the thumb to press it.
3. Gōng Sūn Acupoint
The Gōng Sūn Acupoint has strong functions. It can promote blood circulation and transportation throughout the body, serving as a dispersing point and a hub. It can also help regulate various symptoms caused by blood and qi stagnation in the body. In summary, it can promote qi circulation, invigorate blood, and relieve stagnation.
【The Origin of Medicinal Acupoints in Traditional Chinese Medicine】
1. Dū Dū Acupoint = Calcium Supplement
The Dū Dū Acupoint on the spleen meridian is an important acupoint for calcium supplementation. (This point is also the reflex zone for cervical vertebrae.)
2. Zú Sān Lǐ Acupoint = Atractylodes
It invigorates the spleen, supplements qi, eliminates dampness, promotes diuresis, and stops sweating.
3. Qì Hǎi Acupoint = Ginseng
It invigorates the middle, supplements qi, and generates body fluids. It is used to treat weak spleen and stomach, deficiency of both qi and blood, fatigue, weakness, poor appetite, thirst, chronic diarrhea, and prolapse of the rectum. Shú Dì (cooked Rehmannia root) is used to nourish blood and nourish yin.
4. Rén Zhōng Acupoint = Emergency Qi Regulation Pill
Pressing on the Rén Zhōng Acupoint can regulate blood and qi, harmonize yin and yang, and wake a person up.
5. Sān Yīn Jiāo Acupoint = Yin-Nourishing Herbs
Because the Sān Yīn Jiāo Acupoint is the meeting point of three meridians (Kidney meridian of Foot Shaoyin, Spleen meridian of Foot Taiyin, and Liver meridian of Foot Jueyin), it is like a transfer station for three subway lines. Note that the Sān Yīn Jiāo Acupoint can only be massaged.
