The activation of particular bodily locations known as Acupressure Points is what makes acupressure effective. They relieve pain, stiffness, stress, and tension. Let’s get started by learning how to employ acupressure to enhance your health and well-being because it’s simple to do so. All of the traditional medical practises rely on the body’s natural energy currents to function. Qi or Chi is the term used in Traditional Chinese Medicine to describe the body’s healing energy. The life force is known as Ki in Japan, and Reiki is the practise of channelling healing energy. The life force of the body is referred to in yoga as prana or pranic energy.
In India, acupressure therapy was widely used. Acupressure therapy was incorporated into standard medical practise in China after Buddhism spread there, where it became known as acupuncture. Because the key points of Chinese acupuncture and Indian acupressure are similar to one another, academics have drawn attention to these similarities.
The targeted symptom may or may not be present at the same acupoints employed for treatment. The hypothesis behind the choice of these points and their efficacy in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is that they stimulate the meridian system to provide relief by rebalancing yin, yang, and qi (also spelled “chi”). Acupressure is a technique used extensively in many East Asian martial arts for self-defense and for health reasons (chin na, tui na). It is claimed that the points or point combinations are used to control or disable an opponent. Additionally, martial artists constantly massage their own acupressure sites as part of routines to purportedly clear blockages from their own meridians, purportedly improving circulation and flexibility and maintaining the points’ “softness” or resistance to attacks.