How does Traditional Chinese Medicine treat motion sickness?

Some people often suffer from motion sickness due to incomplete development of the cochlea. Knowing that they are prone to motion sickness, they can take motion sickness medicine before riding to prevent motion sickness. Some people suffer from motion sickness due to lack of sleep or overeating, which is often unexpected. They may not have medicine to relieve the symptoms. In this case, you can use Chinese medicine to treat motion sickness - pressing acupoints.

Acupuncture points for treating motion sickness

1. Hegu Point

This acupoint can directly act on the gastrointestinal tract, and has a very good effect in relieving dizziness, nausea and vomiting.

Located on the back of the human hand, at the midpoint of the second metacarpal bone, it is equivalent to the midpoint of the line connecting the end of the first metacarpal bone and the base of the second metacarpal bone, which is often called the "tiger's mouth".

2. Neiguan acupoint

This acupoint connects to the "heart" and has the function of regulating the central nervous system. Pressing the Neiguan acupoint is the most commonly used method to treat motion sickness.

It refers to the area about 2 inches above the center of the horizontal line on the inner side of the palm.

3. Zusanli

It refers to the intersection of three inches below the outer kneecap and one inch outside the anterior tibial spine. Press the above-mentioned acupoints for 1 to 5 minutes based on your personal tolerance level, and stop when you feel soreness and swelling.

Motion sickness acupoint massage method

1. First, close your eyes and relax your body muscles as much as possible. Focus your attention on the top of your head. Use the tips of your index and middle fingers to massage the Baihui point on the top of your head with moderate force, 30 circles each in a clockwise and counterclockwise direction.

2. Use the tip of your thumb to massage the Neiguan point on the wrist and the Hegu point on the back of your hand.

3. Finally, use the thumbs and index fingers of both hands to pinch the stomach reflex area on the ear at the same time. The strength can be gradually increased until it feels painful.

Once you have mastered the method of acupoint pressing to treat motion sickness, you can press the acupoints when you suddenly feel motion sickness, which will quickly relieve the symptoms of motion sickness. If you want to go out, you must get enough rest at night, and don't eat too much or too hungry before getting on the car, and don't eat too greasy food, etc., which can prevent the occurrence of motion sickness symptoms.