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.
It's a familiar routine for graduates all over the world: moving to the big city in search of employment. But with China's increasingly competitive workplace and millions still looking for a job, those who do have work find it hard to move up the ladder.
Just over a mile from the Bird's Nest in Beijing live a group of university graduates known as "ants." The term was coined in a book called "Ant Tribe" about this sub-culture group published at the end of last year by Dr. Lian Si of Peking University.
Dr. Lian says they're called ants because they're clever, weak and live in groups, with an estimated one million ants in China, of which around a tenth are in the capital, centered around a high-density area called Erlizhuang. Just starting out their careers, these ants live 6 or 8 to a room to save money.
Many people work in an office for long periods of time each day, especially those who use a computer frequently,3 and discomfort in the shoulders may be experienced.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, there is a pressure point that can be used to treat discomfort in the upper back and shoulders, called the Shousanli Point.
Before looking for this point, we should first locate the Quchi Point. We’ve talked about this point before. If you missed that episode you can watch it again on our website, www.bon.tv.
When you bend your elbow with your arm at a 90-degree angle, you’ll notice a line on the inside of your arm, which is called the elbow line; outside the elbow line is the Quchi Point, then 2 cun below the Quchi Point is the Shousanli Point.
There is a very simple method for massaging this point: put one of your arms on a table, then with the elbow of the other arm, gently rub this point. This method is very relaxing, and has great effects as well.
In this show it will tell you about how to test the flexibility of your shoulders. First, raise your right shoulder, and move it to the back of your neck. Then do the same with your left shoulder. Then, use the fingers of both your hands to grasp each other, but note that most people won’t be able to. Then try this: raise your shoulders all the way up in a straight line with your body, with your finger tips pointing upwards. Now, with your arms held straight out, hold them at ninety degrees from your body.
With these three methods, we can see what kind of shape your shoulders are in. If you have trouble doing these tests, then you should do some exercises to improve the flexibility of your shoulders.