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A Couple Of Important Acupoints To Get Rid Of Dizziness And Vertigo
If you are one that suffers from vertigo, dizziness, lightheadedness or even giddiness, I’m hoping that this technique that we’re about to go over together is going to make a big change in your life. Dizziness and vertigo is usually benign but I highly recommend to everyone out there, if you’re having constant vertigo and dizziness and you feel that something is not right, get it checked out by a specialist.
Fortunately, the majority of all these conditions are going to be benign and the doctors are really not going to be able to help you but give you drugs and medication. Realize that drugs and medications have side effects. I prefer that you try to do things naturally and allow the body to work naturally and heal naturally before the side effects make the problems even worse.
In our body, we have energy channels called meridians. They are self-help acupressure meridians that you’re going to stimulate on your own body to restore and allow those meridians to flow properly. You need to be aware that meridian therapy, from ancient medicine thousands of years ago, is all about balance.
Meridians are found throughout your entire body and by stimulating certain points, you are then allowing the body to heal and repair the way it’s designed to heal. One of those major points is called the third eye. This is a universal point and is located on the top of the bridge of your nose as it comes up and meets the bottom of your forehead right between the eyebrows. That is the third eye.
You’re going to take your thumb and you’re going to hold that point for two minutes. You need to apply constant pressure to that point for approximately two minutes. As you hold that point, you may feel some different neurological changes.
You may feel fullness in the sinuses, a release of pressure in your neck and you may even feel a release of the giddiness, dizziness, lightheadedness or even the vertigo that you may be experiencing. After you hold the third eye point after two minutes and if you notice that you’re still symptomatic, that you’re still experiencing some of those dizzy or vertigo feelings, you need to keep on applying pressure to this point for several times a day.
After a round of stimulation, you may want to wait a few hours because it’s a very powerful point and the key here is to stimulate those meridians so the body can heal and function naturally.
The other amazing acupressure point is the pericardium 6 or commonly called the P 6. The way to find this point is to take your wrist and you bend it back and forth. You’ll see a crease and that crease that bends back and forth is your landmark. You’re going to take your second and third fingers and put it right at the crease. You’re going to feel two tendons as you come down right in the middle of the forearm.
The tendons will feel like two pieces of rope. You’re going to push on that point located right between those two tendons two and a half finger lengths. Right below that crease is the P6 point. You need to hold this point for one to two minutes and just apply constant pressure. As you hold the point, you will feel a release of that dizziness, lightheadedness and vertigo.
This point can help relieve anxiety and nervousness. It is a fascinating point indeed. Hold that point for one to two minutes. You can do both arms and wrists because that will only actually help accelerate the treatment. So, from getting up out of bed, moving your head from side to side, changing positions and just feeling that vertigo spinning around your head, all you need to do is to apply these techniques and treat yourself in a safe and effective way.
You can stimulate the P6 in both of your wrists for one to two minutes. You can do that several times a day and if you continue to feel these symptoms, you might need to use that technique a little bit more. As the symptoms diminish, you can start reducing the stimulation of those points as well. Keep in mind that anything that’s done in excess can cause side effects.
So, if you’re stimulating the point too much and you’re feeling worse or not feeling better at all, then you need to back off and listen to your body. Make sure that when you stimulate these points, you should not hurt yourself and push too hard because you should not be sore when you stimulate these involved regions.
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A University of Texas Medical Study Shows Qigong Can Help Treat Breast Cancer
Scientists from the MD Anderson Cancer Center of the University of Texas have discovered that an ancient mind-body practice known as qigong can help women suffering from breast cancer who are receiving radiation therapy for their disease. Having been used across Asia for more than four millennia for disease prevention and spiritual health, qigong seems to not only aid patients with breast cancer to manage their stress but – by doing so – can positively affect the patients physiologically.
Director of the Integrative Medicine Program and professor at MD Anderson’s Departments of General Oncology and Behavioral Science, Dr. Lorenzo Cohen says, “At the start of the treatment, we also were especially interested to witness whether qigong would be beneficial to patients suffering from depressive symptoms.” Dr. Cohen added, “For cancer patients, it is essential that they manage their levels of stress since it can have a deep adverse effect on inflammatory profiles and biological systems.”
Recently featured in the medical journal Cancer, the new study is actually the first one to observe the effects of qigong in patients who are getting radiation therapy. It also is the first to include a follow-up period to see if there are any benefits in the future. According to the researchers, the positive results emphasize the benefits of body-mind practices in the treatment of cancer.
A total of 96 women all suffering from various stages of breast cancer (from stage one to stage three) were enrolled at the Shanghai Cancer Center Fudan University in Shanghai, China. The women were divided into two groups; one group was comprised of 49 cancer patients who performed qigong in a class for 40 minutes each week during their radiation therapy which lasted five to six weeks. The medical qigong class was made up of various exercises with synchronizing breath.
The group of 47 breast cancer patients was the control group. Their treatment involved conventional care minus the qigong classes. At the start, middle and end of radiation therapy, as well as, a month and three months later, the women in both groups were evaluated. The researchers rated the issues related to the quality of life of the subjects including their sleeping problems, fatigue, and depression symptoms.
The outcomes revealed that the patients in the qigong group experienced a gradual decline in their depression symptoms starting at the conclusion of radiation therapy and continuing over the post-radiation treatment follow-up three months after the end of the study. In the control group however, there were no changes in depression observed also three months after the end of the study.
In a media statement, Cohen explained “At the beginning of the study, we evaluated the depression symptoms of the subjects to see if women with high levels of depression would benefit more,” He added, “Women with low levels of depression symptoms, at the beginning of radiation therapy experienced a positive good quality of life over the course of the study and three months later regardless of what group they were assigned (the qigong group and the control group). In the control group, however, the women who suffered from high depression symptoms experienced the worst levels of fatigue, depression symptoms, fatigue, and general quality of life that were meaningfully enhanced for the patient subjects in the qigong group.”
Because it was after the end of radiation therapy that qigong benefits were mainly observed, the researchers believed that qigong can really facilitate the process of recovery, particularly for patients with breast cancer who had relevant symptoms of depression at the beginning of radiation therapy.
Researchers are recording some of the ways qigong seem to treat medical conditions. For instance, the American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias published a study which showed that patients suffering from early stage dementia can retard their psychological, mental, and physical degeneration by participating in non-drug treatments that integrate traditional qigong, support groups, and counseling. The researchers actually saw that many of the benefits of this approach can be compared to that achieved with anti-dementia drugs (that often come with severe side effects).
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Acupressure Therapy For Smooth Healthy Skin
This article will point out the acupressure points that can help alleviate skin problems such as pimples and acne. You’re sure to get great results when you focus working on these points. There’s no need to use all of these acupoints all at once. Whenever you have a free hand, just one or a couple two of them are good enough to help you acquire smooth and healthy skin.
1. Wind Screen Point: this point is found in the indentation directly at the back of your ear lobe. Benefits: Treats hive, improves the brightness of the skin and balances your thyroid gland. After acupressure, you need to drink adequate amounts of warm water to wash away any toxins in the body.
2. Heavenly Appearance Point: Found behind the jawbone and in the indentation directly below your ear lobe. Benefits: treats hives, improves the brightness of the skin and balances the thyroid gland.
3. Three Mile Point: Located four finger widths under the patella toward the outside of the shinbone. Benefits: enhances the appearance of your skin throughout the body and tones and strengthens the muscles.
4. Facial Beauty Point: Found directly below the pupil under the cheekbone. Benefits: increases blood flow to the face, treats sagging cheeks poor complexion, facial blemishes and acne.
5. Four Whites Point: located a finger width under your eye socket’s lower ridge in line with an indentation of the cheek and the center of your iris. Benefits: heals facial blemishes and acne
6. Third Eye Point: located in the indentation where the bridge of your nose is connected the center of your forehead directly between your eyebrows. Benefits: improves the appearance of the skin throughout the body and stimulates the pituitary gland.
7. Sea of Vitality: Warning, do not apply pressure on broken or fractured bones and on degenerating discs. If you’re suffering from a weak back, instead of touching, a moments of light stationary acupressure can be extremely therapeutic. If you need medical advice or have any questions talk to your physician first. The Sea of Vitality Location is found between the 3rd and 2nd lumba vertebrae in your lower back (between the second and third lumbar vertebrae)at waist level,2 to 4 finger widths away from the spine. Benefits: treats bruises in the body, eczema and acne.
8. Heavenly Pillar: located a half inch under the base of the skull on the ropy muscles a half outward from both sides of the spine. Benefits: alleviates stress related to acne on other skin disorders. Treats sore throats, stiff neck, eyestrain, heaviness in the head, sleeplessness, fatigue, burnout and stress.
Warning: people with life-threatening problems or serious illnesses, such as cancer or heart disease, should talk to their doctor first before receiving Acupressure in Maitland.