This episode Dr. Li Zhi will teach you some Traditional Chinese Medicine tricks that you can use to stay healthy.about a pressure point, the Changqiang Point.

Massaging this point often can help improve the appetite of a child, by alleviating ailments such as indigestion and diarrhea. The Changqiang Point can also be used for curing hemorrhoids, constipation, and so on.

The Changqiang Point is located below the end of the tailbone, at the very tip of the spine, on the midpoint between the tip of the tailbone and the anus. To find this point, it’s best to lie face down on a bed, with your chest and knees pressed firmly against the bed, or half kneeling on the bed, with your bottom facing up, and the point will be easy to find.

At night before bed, lie face-down on the bed, rub your hands together until they’re warm, then while they’re still warm rub downward from your lower back, one hundred times, until you feel the Changqiang Point is warm as well.

In this show we talk about menstruation problems. It’s very common for women to have this kind of problem, such as irregularity, amount of blood, depth of color, menstrual pain, and so on.

In western medicine, for menstrual problems a family doctor will often have to be seen, who will sometimes prescribe hormonotherapy. But in traditional Chinese medicine, there are two very safe, effective and affordable methods to show you. First, buy some roses, which are often used in Chinese medicine, and put two or three of them in a cup. Steep the roses in hot water for five minutes, then drink the rose tea, which also tastes quite good.

Second, rub the sanyinjiao point. Here is how you find this point: put your index, middle, ring and little finger together tightly, then place your index finger on your inner ankle, and right by the enge of your pinky finger is the point. Every day, use the thumb of your right hand to rub the sanyinjiao point on your right leg, and your left thumb for the sanyinjiao point on your left leg. 

I this show it tells about a pressure point that use to help relieve asthma.

If you suffer from asthma, usually your family doctor will prescribe you some medication or nasal spray to relieve the symptoms. But in Traditional Chinese Medicine we instead use a very effective pressure point, called the Tiantu point. So how can you find this point? The Tiantu point is right at the indent at the bottom of your throat. Tiantu, in ancient China, used to mean chimney. Chimneys in olden times were usually round, and when cooking, the smoke would puff out from the roof, and drift away. Your throat is a similarly shaped passage, which is where the name comes from. 

Now how should you massage this point? Take a cotton pouch and fill it with soybeans; then sew the bag shut. Then put the pouch in the microwave for two minutes, and while it’s still reasonably hot use it to massage the Tiantu point. This is a very simple heat therapy method. While pressing the pouch against the point, use your fingers to massage the point as well. The beans rolling around in the pouch will comfortably stimulate the point. With care and patience, you’ll see the effects in no time. 

Glaucoma is caused by high pressure within the eyes. In western medicine, the doctor will recommend eye drops. But in Chinese medicine, there is a point called the guangming point. Guangming means bright, and it’s called the guangming point because it can help one restore one’s clarity of vision. Based on positive results from many cases, this point has great effects on lowering the pressure within one’s eyes.

The guangming point is five cun above the ankle. The cun is a Chinese form of measurement; first, put your four fingers together. This is equivalent to three cun. Then put three fingers together. This is equivalent to two cun. So you can easily use this method to find the guangming point. First put some olive oil or moisturizer on your leg. Then use a massage stick to rub the point in a downward motion. Do this for five minutes, twice a day. If you do suffer from glaucoma, you should use more pressure when rubbing. This is a very effective method which will reduce the pressure on your eyes, keeping your eyes healthy. 

Some people have to get out of bed several times per night to go to the washroom. There is one way to help cure this; it’s the pressure point Dr. Li Zhi are going to talk about today, the Qugu Point.

So how do we find the point? It’s located on your lower abdomen; push downward from your belly button, and you’ll find an arched bone. This bone is the pubis, and the Qugu Point is located at the midpoint of the edge of this arch.

Massage the Qugu Point 50 to 100 times a day, which can greatly relieve pressure on the prostate gland, and help solve the problem of frequent and/or urgent urination. So it’s better to urinate before doing this exercise, and press rather firmly with your hands to stimulate the point well.

The Dazhui Point is a very important pressure point. The ancient Chinese called it “the center of all Yang Energy.” The point is located on the highest point of your back. The Dazhui point has many useful purposes for the body, such as improving immunity, stimulating the production of antibodies, restraining the growth of tumors, improving one’s lung capacity, and so on.

So how do we find this point? First lower your head, and with your fingers follow downward along your neck. You’ll find a protruding bone, this is the Dazhui Bone; below this bone is an indent, it’s very easy to find, this is the Dazhui Point.

There is a very simple method for massaging this point; you can do this at home or outdoors. Just find a doorway or a tree, and stand with your back against it. Move from left to right, stimulating the point.

In this show it will teach you how to save someone’s life! If someone suddenly faints, first call an ambulance, but before the ambulance gets there, there is a point on the person’s body that you should look for, the Renzhong Point. It’s right under the nose, above the mouth. You’ll see there is an indent, the renzhong point is right around the middle of this indent.

When looking for the point, look at the indent as three equal sections. The renzhong point is where the top section and middle section meet. The renzhong point is a very special spot below the nose; according to Chinese medicine, since it involves the function of respiration it therefore represents“heaven” qi, which is a kind of “yang” energy. The mouth is used for eating, and food comes from the earth, so the mouth represents “earth” qi, a kind of “yin” energy.

The renzhong point, being in between the two, is a connection between the two kinds of energy. According to Chinese medicine, one’s health is determined by the balance of yin and yang, if this balance is upset one will become ill. Fainting and shock both occur when yin and yang are separated, and this may result in death.

In an emergency, you can use the nail of your thumb to cover the surrounding area, on the person’s renzhong point. Press hard on the point for several minutes, and soon enough the person will wake up. 

Today Dr. Li Zhi going to tell you about a pressure point called the Shenting Point.

The Shenting Point is located on the head, about half a cun upwards from the center of the hairline.

The Shenting Point’s usages mainly include regulating and controlling the nervous system, especially ailments related to mental ability, such as palpitations due to fright, headaches, dementia, epilepsy, and so on.

At the office, while resting, or even before bed, use this time to massage this point 50 to 100 times, which can help alleviate discomfort related to these ailments. The effects of this method have been proven by modern research methods.

The effects of stimulating this point are quite similar to those of the Shangxing Point we talked about last time, and the locations of the two points are quite close to each other as well. With one thumb we can actually stimulate both the points at once, for related but slightly different effects.