The benefits of patting the head

Reasonable daily exercise is very beneficial to physical health. Many middle-aged and elderly people especially like to pat their bodies. This is because there are many acupoints on the body, and the benefit of patting the head is that it can promote blood circulation and effectively promote the growth of brain cells. Patting your head regularly can effectively prevent colds, and for middle-aged and elderly people it can also effectively prevent hair loss. In addition to patting the head, you can also pat other parts of the body.

1. Head

There are many acupuncture points on the head. Patting the head can allow the vibration to be transmitted deeply and spread throughout the brain, which can stimulate the vitality of brain cells, promote blood circulation in the brain, regulate blood flow, and improve the brain's nutritional supply. It can clear the brain, refresh the mind and relieve fatigue. It can treat many diseases such as headache, dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, vision loss, insomnia, forgetfulness, facial paralysis, hemiplegia caused by stroke, cerebral palsy, hair loss, cold, etc.

2. Neck

The neck is the bridge between the head and the chest and abdomen. Six yang meridians pass through it, and it is where many important organs are located. When patting, you should use gentle and slow techniques. Appropriate patting of the neck can regulate Qi, relax muscles and tendons, lubricate joints, and relieve spasms and pain. It is often used to treat cervical spondylosis, stiff neck, headache, dizziness and other symptoms. Rubbing the neck can prevent and treat diseases of the throat, esophagus, etc.

3. Face

Patting, rubbing or dry-bathing your face with gentle tapping techniques can promote facial metabolism, eliminate wrinkles and freckles, and maintain facial rosy luster and skin elasticity. It also has the effect of invigorating the mind, refreshing the brain, and regulating the five senses. Beauty and skin care, as well as treatment of facial paralysis, vision loss, strabismus, tinnitus, deafness, rhinitis, nasal congestion, toothache, insomnia, headache, etc.

When dry bathing your face, you must concentrate, massage the acupoints correctly, and use gentle techniques. It is normal to feel soreness and swelling. Do not use excessive force to avoid scratching the skin, and don't press on the eyeballs. If you have sores or boils on your face, or inflammation or trauma to your eyes, you should stop temporarily and continue the treatment after you recover.

4. Dazhui

It can prevent and treat colds and fever, coughs and asthma, upper limb paralysis, spontaneous sweating, night sweats, low back pain, epilepsy, convulsions, confusion, cervical spondylosis, back fasciitis, supraspinal ligament inflammation, acute and chronic pharyngitis, stroke, lumbar disc herniation, stiff neck and various painful diseases of the trunk and limbs.

5. Armpits and flanks

The human body has three major health care "special zones", namely the back, armpits, and abdomen. Patting the armpits, chest and abdomen can activate the nerves, blood vessels and lymph nodes in these areas, promote blood circulation, and allow organs throughout the body to get more nutrients and oxygen. Patting the flanks can improve the functions of internal organs, regulate the endocrine system, and make the flank muscles and bones firm and strong. It also has a preventive and therapeutic effect on symptoms such as chest and flank distension, inability to raise arms, pain in the waist, flanks, abdomen, and swelling and pain in the armpits.

6. Spine, bladder meridian, and governor vessel

Patting the back and waist can regulate the internal organs, improve back muscle strain, and enhance spinal function. It is used to treat diseases such as low back pain, acute lumbar sprain, lumbar muscle strain, lumbar disc herniation, and is also used for body health care and immunity enhancement. Patting the spine can open up the meridians, promote the flow of qi and blood, regulate all the meridians, relax the chest and diaphragm, relieve back pain, regulate kidney qi, and resist aging. It has the function of enhancing the internal organs, eliminating accumulation and blood stasis, and making joints flexible. It has a preventive and therapeutic effect on diseases of the respiratory system, digestive system, endocrine system and internal organs.