The most difficult part of acupoint therapy is finding the acupoints.
There is nothing more suitable for home therapy than acupoint therapy. However, most people do not know the tricks of finding acupoints, so it is not widely used, which is a pity.
Also, although there are many books on acupoint therapy, few of them provide simple and accurate instructions on how to find acupoints. This makes it impossible for laymen to use acupoint therapy even if they want to.
Therefore, this website not only selects acupoints that are especially effective, but also provides detailed methods for anyone to easily find acupoints.
The tricks of finding acupoints are explained in detail on the web pages of this website's related acupoint therapy for specific diseases. Here, we will provide a simple introduction to the general tricks of finding acupoints.
Acupoints are the areas where reactions occur. When the body is abnormal, various reactions will appear on the acupoints. These reactions include:
① Pressing with fingers will cause pain (tenderness);
② Touching with fingers will feel hard lumps (nodules);
③ Slight stimulation will cause itching of the skin (sensitivity);
④ Black spots or patches will appear (pigment deposition);
⑤ There will be temperature differences with the surrounding skin (temperature changes), etc.
The presence or absence of these reactions is an important sign of the presence or absence of acupoints.
If you find the acupoints mentioned on this website, press and pinch the skin. If the aforementioned reactions occur, it can be judged that there are acupoints.
In addition, in the method of finding acupoints on this website, words like "two finger-widths" and "three finger-widths" frequently appear. These are the benchmarks for calculating the position of acupoints, and there is a concept of "the same size as one's own body". For example, "one finger-width" refers to the width of the thickest part of the thumb; "two finger-widths" refers to the width measured by the index finger and middle finger side by side, at the second joint (starting from the fingertip).
The size and width of fingers vary greatly depending on age, physique, and gender. When determining the position of acupoints using this method, it is important to use the patient's finger width to find them.
