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Asthma,
Acupressure Therapy
by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu
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traditional Chinese BIG5
1. During acute attack:
alternately press
2. During subsiding
period:
alternately press
five times
per day, 10 minutes each time.
3. For health maintenance:
use moxibution on
three
times a day, 15 minutes each time.
Note:
Location of
zhongfu (LU 1
中府): On the
both sides of the chest, in the first intercostal
(between ribs) space, 6 cun sideway to the midline, 1 cun
inferior to Yunmen (LU-2 雲門).
Indications:
Cough , asthma , pain in the chest , shoulder and back , fullness of
the chest .
Location of
qihu (S 13 氣戶):
At the lower border of the middle of the clavicle (collarbone), 4 cun
sideway to the Ren Meridian.
Indications:
Fullness in the chest , asthma , cough , hiccup , pain in the chest and hypochondrium
Location of kufang
(S 14 庫房):
In the first intercostal
(between ribs)
space , 4 cun sideway to the Ren Meridian.
Indications﹕ Cough, sensation of fullness and pain in the chest.
Location of
wuyi (S15 屋醫):
In the second intercostal
(between ribs)
space , 4 cun sideway to the Ren Meridian
Indications:
Cough,
asthma,
fullness and pain
in the chest and the costal region.
Location of hegu
(LI4 合谷):
On the dorsum of the hand , between the 1st and 2nd metacarpal bones
, approximately in the middle of the 2nd metacarpal bone on the radial side.
Line up the position the transverse crease of
the first joint of the thumb with the margin of the
web between the thumb and the index finger of the other hand . The point is
where the tip of the thumb touches .
Indications: Headache , pain in the neck ,
tightness in the shoulders, redness , swelling and
pain of the eye , nose bleeding , nasal obstruction
, nasal discharge, toothache , deafness , swelling
of the face , sore throat , inflammation of the saliva glands
, lockjaw , facial paralysis ,
fever without sweating, excessive sweating
, abdominal pain , dysentery , constipation , amenorrhea , delayed labor , infantile
convulsion , pain , weakness and motor impairment of the upper limbs .
Location of
zusanli (S36 足三里):
3 cun below Dubi ( S35
犢鼻
) , one finger breadth from the anterior crest of the tibia.
Indications:
Gastric pain , vomiting hiccup , abdominal distension , noisy intestine , diarrhea
, dysentery , constipation , mastitis , enteritis , aching of the knee joint
and leg , beriberi , edema , cough , asthma , emaciation due to general deficiency
, indigestion , apoplexy , hemiplegia , dizziness , insomnia , mania .
Location
of fenglong
(S 40 豐隆):
8 cun above the external
malleolus , about one finger
breadth sideway to
Tiao kou (S38
條口).
Indications: Headache , dizziness and vertigo , cough
, asthma , excessive sputum , pain in the chest , constipation , mania , epilepsy
, muscular atrophy , motor impairment , pain , swelling
or paralysis of the lower extremities .
Location
of shenzhu (Du 12 身柱):
Below the spinous process of the third thoracic
vertebra.
Indications:
Cough, asthma, epilepsy, stiffness and pain in the back.
Malleolus:
is either of the two rounded protuberances
on each side of the ankle. The
inner malleolus is formed by a projection of the tibia
and the outer one is formed by a projection of the
fibula.
Cun: length of the middle
joint of the middle finger of the patient being measured.
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