The Baihui acupoint is the overall command center of the brain.
When people have headaches, insomnia, irritability, or dizziness, they subconsciously rub their heads. Some people rub their temples, some rub the center of their eyebrows, some rub their forehead, some wash their faces with cold water, and some even use ice packs. Although these methods can alleviate some discomfort, they are not the best solution. Which method is the most effective? I will teach you a head acupressure method, which is to massage the Baihui acupoint, the meeting point of all yang channels and the source of all meridians.
The Baihui acupoint is located at the intersection of the midline of the top of the head and the line connecting the tips of the ears, which is the center of the top of the head. Why did ancient people name this point "Baihui"? "Bai" means many and "hui" means meeting place. In "Hui Yuan Acupuncture", it is also mentioned that "Baihui is where the five zang organs, six fu organs, extraordinary meridians, and three yang channels meet, hence the name Baihui." In other words, the Baihui acupoint is the meeting place of many acupuncture points in the human body.
For example, if the head is the overall command center of the human body, then the Baihui acupoint is the brain of the command center, which can be said to be the core of the core. In fact, this evaluation of the Baihui acupoint is not exaggerated at all because 6 out of the 12 meridians in the human body converge at the Baihui acupoint. These meridians are the Hand Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian, Hand Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian, Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian, Foot Taiyang Bladder Meridian, Foot Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian, and Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian. Moreover, these 6 meridians intersect with the Du meridian, which is known as the "sea of yang channels".
Therefore, regularly massaging this acupoint can activate half of our body's meridians and most of the acupuncture points. For middle-aged and elderly friends who are gradually weakening and physically weak, it can have the effect of nourishing yang and supplementing yin.
Massaging Baihui can increase longevity.
It can be said that massaging the Baihui acupoint 100 times a day can guarantee a lifespan of 100 years. As a clinician specializing in cerebrovascular diseases, I often use this acupoint in my practice, so I know its effectiveness in treating headaches, high blood pressure, low blood pressure, insomnia, anxiety, palpitations, forgetfulness, mania, and other conditions. Recently, when I was flipping through ancient medical classics, I discovered that it can treat a wide range of diseases, which is truly amazing. In addition to what I mentioned earlier, it can also treat conditions such as wind-induced heaviness, restlessness, stroke, tinnitus, diarrhea, constipation, prolapse, deafness, inability to smell, inability to turn the head, excessive sweating during fever, and vomiting.
Massaging the Baihui acupoint 30 times with the thumb pad in the morning and evening can have a health-preserving effect. However, five years ago, when I attended an academic conference in Beijing, an old Chinese medicine doctor told me, "Although I am a doctor, I didn't pay much attention to my own health when I was young. I had irregular eating habits, smoked, and drank alcohol. At the age of 42, during a physical examination, I found that I had high blood pressure accompanied by insomnia and tinnitus. Later, I massaged the Baihui acupoint every morning and evening, pressing once every second with the middle finger pad. I pressed 120 times for two minutes. Because the Baihui acupoint has the word "bai" (hundred), I later changed it to pressing 100 times. One time, I had a sudden inspiration and thought that massaging the acupoint diagram of the Baihui acupoint is equivalent to longevity and living to 100 years old. So, I simply renamed the Baihui acupoint as the "Baishui acupoint" (hundred years acupoint). Now, I massage the Baishui acupoint every day, and my blood pressure has not increased, and I feel very energetic. I fall asleep as soon as my head touches the pillow."
As for how many times to massage the Baihui acupoint each day, it is best for friends to decide based on their own physical sensations, but it is important to adhere to daily massage in order to see results.
