The common cold can be said to be the most common illness in our daily lives. Almost everyone has had a cold. Although a cold is just a minor illness, it should not be underestimated. The harm of a cold cannot be ignored. Most of us either ignore it or quickly take medicine when we have a cold. However, these two methods are not advisable. Traditional Chinese medicine teaches you how to use "cold medicine" on your body to treat a cold.
1. Lie Que Point
Location: The Lie Que point is located above the styloid process of the radius, 1.5 inches above the wrist transverse crease. The point can be found by crossing the tiger's mouth of one hand with the index finger of the other hand pressing on the styloid process of the radius. The depression reached by the fingertip is the Lie Que point.
Procedure: Use the thumb of one hand to press on the Lie Que point of the other hand, gently rubbing it until it feels warm. Repeat 2-3 times a day.
Efficacy: The Lie Que point is an acupoint on the lung meridian, and the lungs are the first to be affected when external pathogens invade. Massaging the Lie Que point can treat symptoms such as dry cough, headache, chills, and fever. It has the function of relieving cough, relieving asthma, and resolving phlegm.
2. Chi Ze Point
Location: This acupoint is located on the inner side of the elbow crease, slightly towards the outer side, in a depression about the width of a thumb.
Procedure: Use the thumb of one hand to firmly press and knead the Chi Ze point on the opposite side, repeating for dozens of times. Then, press and knead the Chi Ze point on the other side with the other hand.
Efficacy: It can relieve cough, clear the lungs, and is especially suitable for treating symptoms such as cough and phlegm after a cold.
3. Feng Chi Point
Location: The Feng Chi point is located below the skull in the back of the neck, in the depression on the outer edge of the two large tendons, approximately level with the earlobe.
Procedure: Rotate and knead the point with force until a sore and swollen feeling is achieved. Repeat 1-2 times a day, with a total of 100 times. It has the function of dispelling wind and releasing the exterior.
Efficacy: The Feng Chi point is the meeting point of the Shaoyang and Yangwei meridians. The Yangwei meridian controls the exterior of the body. Diseases caused by wind pathogens are within the scope of treatment of this point.
4. Da Zhui Point
Location: The Da Zhui point is in the middle of the back of the neck, at the lower edge of a prominent bone protrusion, which is the lower edge of the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra.
Procedure: Use the index and middle fingers of one hand to firmly press on the Da Zhui point, massaging it for one to two hundred times.
Efficacy: It can relieve fever and is especially suitable for people who have a high fever that does not go away after a cold.
5. Ying Xiang Point
Location: This point is located next to the midpoint of the outer edge of the nasal wing and in the nasal-labial groove.
Procedure: Bend the thumb and use the interphalangeal joint of the thumb to press and knead the acupoint until a sore and swollen feeling is achieved. If the nose becomes runny and tears flow, the effect will be better. Repeat 2-3 times a day.
Efficacy: The lungs are connected with the large intestine, and the lungs open into the nose. The Ying Xiang point is an acupoint of the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian. Located next to the nose, based on its position and relationship with other meridians, it has the function of promoting the nose and treating symptoms such as dryness, nasal congestion, runny nose, and sneezing.
