Quze acupoint is located in the middle of the elbow crease, on the ulnar side of the biceps tendon. It has the functions of regulating gastric qi, clearing heat, and detoxifying. Therefore, it is often used to treat stomach pain caused by food accumulation, especially for symptoms such as nausea and vomiting during pregnancy in women.
Benefits of Massaging Quze Acupoint
1. Protects the heart
Due to the decreased elasticity of blood vessels in the elderly, combined with poor diet, many people suffer from heart disease. During the course of heart disease progression, symptoms such as palpitations, chest tightness, and loss of appetite may occur.
At this time, massaging the Quze acupoint can effectively relieve discomfort. Quze acupoint is a combined point of the pericardium meridian, which not only has the general characteristics of treating heart diseases with acupoints of the pericardium meridian, but is also particularly suitable for heart disease patients who have discomfort in the stomach, nausea, and vomiting.
2. Protects the stomach
Quze acupoint is a combined point, which means it has the function of regulating qi and relieving counterflow. It is especially effective in treating stomach diseases and symptoms of upward counterflow. It can also treat stomach pain, vomiting, and hematemesis.
Massage Technique for Quze Acupoint
When massaging, press the acupoint with your thumb for about 10 seconds, then release and repeat the pressing. Each pressing should last for about 2-3 minutes. If there are symptoms of cold abdominal pain, preference for warmth, and preference for pressure, moxibustion can be used.
1. Due to the decreased elasticity of blood vessels in the elderly, combined with poor diet, many people suffer from heart disease. During the course of heart disease progression, symptoms such as palpitations, chest tightness, and loss of appetite may occur.
At this time, massaging the Quze acupoint can relieve discomfort. Quze acupoint is a combined point of the pericardium meridian, which not only has the general characteristics of treating heart diseases with acupoints of the pericardium meridian, but is also particularly suitable for heart disease patients who have discomfort in the stomach, nausea, and vomiting.
2. This acupoint is located on the ulnar side of the biceps tendon, named "Quze", and has a nourishing and moisturizing nature. Because the elbow and knee joints are rich in blood, this acupoint is effective for heat-related and blood-related conditions, and is also good at treating heat stroke.
Conditions Treated by Quze Acupoint
Quze acupoint is mainly used to treat chest pain, palpitations, restlessness due to heat diseases, stomach pain, vomiting, elbow spasm, and arm pain.
Quze acupoint is mainly used to treat cardiovascular diseases, spleen and stomach disorders, and acute infectious diseases, such as chest pain, palpitations, chest fullness, counterflow qi, stomach pain, vomiting, hematemesis, febrile diseases, rubella, cholera, head shaking, pale complexion, and elbow and arm tendon spasms.
In modern times, Quze acupoint is commonly used to treat rheumatic heart disease, myocarditis, acute gastroenteritis, brachial neuralgia, and childhood chorea.
Circulatory system diseases: angina pectoris, rheumatic heart disease, myocarditis;
Others: acute gastroenteritis, bronchitis, heat stroke, childhood chorea, etc.
