The head is the meeting place of the twelve meridians, through which all the meridians are connected. It plays a vital role in controlling and regulating the body's life activities. Massaging the acupoints on the head can promote the upward movement of the clear yang energy, harmonize the meridians, enhance memory, and prevent and treat diseases such as neurasthenia, hypertension, facial nerve paralysis, colds, and neurogenic headaches.
Ancient people had rich experience in hair care. They believed that "hair is the excess blood, comb it once a day" to benefit the body, prevent hair loss, clear the mind, enhance memory, and invigorate the spirit. It has been proven that regular massage of the acupoints on the head can improve the blood flow in the hair follicles, nourish the hair, keep it dark and prevent hair loss.
Nowadays, many health products are flooding the lives of the elderly, but are these health products really effective? Not necessarily. Massage is a simple and healthy way to promote health. Here are some massage methods for the elderly.
As we age, it is more important to focus on health care, which can promote physical health, relax the mind, and contribute to longevity. How can the elderly take care of their health? Massaging the eyes and head can have a beneficial effect.
Second, head massage
1. Rub the temples: Hold your fists and use your thumbs to massage the left and right temples in a counterclockwise and clockwise direction for 10 times each.
2. Horizontal rubbing of the forehead: Use the thumbs of both hands to press on the temples, and use the index, middle, and ring fingers to rub horizontally on the Yintang acupoint for 20 times on each side.
3. Vertical rubbing of the forehead: Use the thumbs of both hands to press on the Shangxing acupoint (about one inch above the middle of the hairline), and use the index, middle, and ring fingers to rub upward on the Yintang acupoint for 20 times.
4. Rub the forehead and tap the Yintang acupoint: Use the palm of your left hand to rub vertically from the forehead to the back of the head for 20 times, while using the thumb and index finger of your right hand to tap the Yintang acupoint 20 times (both actions must be done simultaneously).
5. Scrape both sides of the nose: Use the nail of the thumb of both hands to scrape from the inner corner of the eyes along both sides of the nose to the outer corner of the nostrils for 50 times.
6. Press Fengchi acupoint: The Fengchi acupoint is located below the occiput, on the outer side of the large tendon. Hold your head with your fingers, press the Fengchi acupoint with your thumb in a clockwise and counterclockwise direction for 20 times (when pressing, rotate both eyeballs left and right).
7. Beat Tian Gu: Tilt your head slightly away from the pillow, cover both ears tightly with the palms of your hands, hold the back of your head with your fingers, stack your index fingers on top of your middle fingers, and tap the occiput (the bone above the depression on both sides of the back of the head) 36 times (slightly hollow sound is best).
First, eye massage
1. Warm ironing of the eye area: Rub the palms of both hands together until they become warm, then immediately place them on top of the eyes and gently stroke downward 3-5 times. Repeat this process for 3-5 times.
2. Rubbing the brow area: Use the fingertips of the index and thumb of both hands to press tightly on the inner and outer ends of the eyebrows, and rotate clockwise and counterclockwise for 10 times each.
3. Rubbing the center of the brow: Use the fingertips of the thumbs of both hands to press tightly on the Yuyao acupoints in the middle of the eyebrows, and at the same time, use the fingertips of the index and middle fingers of both hands to press tightly on the sides of the Yangbai acupoint, located one inch above the middle of the eyebrows. Rub in a counterclockwise and clockwise direction for 10 times each.
4. Rubbing the upper and lower eyelids: Use the thumbnails of both hands to press against the eyelids and rub along the eye sockets for 10 times each.
5. Squeezing the eyeballs: Use the index and thumb of both hands to press on the inner and outer canthus of the eyes (index finger on the inner canthus, thumb on the outer canthus), and rotate inward slightly for 20 times. (Canthus: the junction of the upper and lower eyelids, the one near the nose is called "inner canthus", and the one near the temples is called "outer canthus")
