Pressure Points to Relieve Stress

Modern day living is a lot easier these days, but it has also increased the levels of tension, stress and anxiety that people feel on a daily basis. The stress of everyday life can be overwhelming at times, and have devastating effects on personal relationships, quality of life, and create serious health problems, such as depression, disturbed sleep, and increased blood pressure. Many people use modern medicine to relieve stress and anxiety; however, these drugs also carry risks of abuse, and have long term affects on your health. A healthy alternative is acupressure, which applies pressure to specific pressure points to relieve stress, which is a quick and effective long-term solution.
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They include: Three Mile Point ( Zusanli ST-36)
This point is located on the front of the leg, four fingers below the kneecap, and one finger width towards the outside region of the leg between the shinbone and the leg muscle. Applying pressure on this point increases stamina, energy, concentration, and helps regulates energy flow. Apply pressure for about a minute on both legs. Great Rushing (Taichong Liv-3)
This point is located in the webbing between the big and the second toe. Applying pressure at this point helps you calm the mind enough to make better decisions, because you perceive your situation more clearly. It also can help to reduce or stop pain, especially in the lower abdomen by regulating menses and helps ease spasms. Grandfather-Grandson (Gongsun SP-4)
This point is located on the medial aspect of the foot, in the depression distal of the foot, three fingers width behind the base of the big toe. Pressure at this point helps with acute gastric pain, gastric distention and stuffiness, poor appetite, pain around the upper central and lower abdominal regions, diarrhea, and irregular menstruation. Inner Gate (Neiguan …show more content…
Benefits include, relief from headache, vertigo, nervousness, insomnia, and epistaxis, or bleeding from the nose.
• Sea of Tranquility (Tanzhong CV-17)
This point is located on the center of the breastbone, three thumb widths up from the base of the bone at the midpoint between the two nipples. Benefits include, Relief from difficulty or discomfort in swallowing, nervousness, anxiety, chest tension, anguish, depression, hysteria, and other emotional imbalances.
• Heavenly Gate (Shen Men LM-17)
This point can be located one finger width below the top of the ear in the inner fold. It helps to regulate the body's internal organs, structures, and functions. The benefits include addiction treatment, mood disorders, obesity, and pain relief.
• Gushing Spring (Yongquan KD-1)
This point is located on the sole of the foot. Draw a line down with your thumb between the 2nd and 3rd toes to a third of a way down your foot. Press your thumb firmly down and then knead that area with your thumb for about two. This point helps relieve headache, pain of the neck, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, swelling of the pharynx, dryness of the tongue, dysuria, and