What acupoints should be massaged for internal heat

Acupoint therapy is a particularly magical treatment method. Many people who know how to take care of their health know which acupoints correspond to which diseases, so they can treat their illnesses by massaging their acupoints when they are sick. When the climate is dry, we are particularly prone to getting angry. If we get angry, which acupoints can we massage to treat it? Let’s learn more about it with the editor below.

What acupoints should be massaged for internal heat

1. Neiting Point

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen is responsible for transporting and transforming water. When the water we drink enters the stomach, the essence will be input into the spleen, and then distributed throughout the body to nourish the human body. When there is heat in the spleen, the distribution of water will be affected, resulting in uncomfortable symptoms such as bad breath, constipation, dry skin, sore throat, toothache and abdominal distension.

2. Hegu Point

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "the lungs are responsible for regulating the water channels." If the lungs are not in good condition, it is easy to produce phlegm, dry mouth, etc. Lung "heat" is often manifested as toothache, nose bleeding, sore throat, tinnitus, red and swollen eyes, constipation, etc. Massaging the Hegu point can reduce lung fire. Hegu point is an acupuncture point on the Large Intestine Meridian of Hand Yangming. It is located at the base of the hand, in the depression between the first and second metacarpal bones. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the large intestine and the lungs are exterior and interior to each other. Clinically, many patients with lung fire often receive more obvious therapeutic effects by massaging and acupuncture the Hegu point.

3. Pericardium Meridian

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that after the water is descended through the lungs, it still needs the power of the heart to flow through the meridians along with the vital energy. If the heart fire is too strong, common symptoms such as dry mouth, depression, irritability, insomnia, and redness of the tip of the tongue will occur. Pericardium meridian massage, cupping or scraping can all relieve heart fire. The Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian is one of the twelve meridians in the human body and is abbreviated as the Pericardium Meridian. Its direction is from Tianchi point above the left breast, up to the armpit, then along the inner midline of the arm to Zhongchong point at the tip of the left middle finger.

4. Taichong Point

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the liver's main function is to "disturb and regulate Qi". The movement of water depends on the promotion of Qi. When the liver is diseased, Qi will not be regulated, and Qi will stagnate and water will stagnate. Excessive liver fire is often manifested by dry mouth, dizziness, irritability, unstable sleep, stuffy body, thick tongue coating, etc. Massaging the Taichong point can reduce liver fire. Taichong point is located on the instep, 1.5 cm upward from the gap between the big toe and the second toe. It is an acupuncture point on the liver meridian of foot Jueyin. Before massaging this health-preserving acupoint, soak your feet in hot water for about 10 minutes, then use your thumb to push and rub from bottom to top for 3 minutes.

What foods are good for getting angry?

1. Heat-clearing and detoxifying

Such as chrysanthemum, cucumber, isatis root, tomato, bamboo shoots, mung bean, tofu, celery, water chestnut, water chestnut, purslane, day lily, etc., most of them have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects and are suitable for various symptoms of real fire.

2. Bitter and cold fire-controlling herbs

Such as bitter gourd, bitter herbs, water chestnuts, loofah, snails, eggplant, millet, buckwheat, rabbit meat, frogs, etc., can transform heat and reduce fire with their cold nature, and are mostly used for real fire syndrome.

3. Diuretic and fire-purging drugs

Such as winter melon, watermelon, coix seed, lentil, barley, amaranth, melon, red bean, black fish, duck meat, carp, crucian carp, loach, lettuce, mung bean sprouts, chicken's gizzard lining, etc., are suitable for various symptoms of real fire.

4. Attack the real fire

Such as rhubarb, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Coptis chinensis, Scutellaria baicalensis, banana, celery, potato, sesame, peach kernel, jellyfish, white radish, etc., are suitable for symptoms such as short yellow urine, dry stool, dry and bitter mouth, abdominal distension and poor appetite.

5. Cooling blood and consolidating blood

Such as lotus root, pear, water chestnut, raw earth, fungus, eel, glutinous rice, lotus root powder, shepherd's purse, corn silk, mango, eel, bamboo leaf, white grass root, purslane, etc., can be used for nosebleed, bloody stool, hematuria, bleeding gums and other conditions caused by blood heat.

6. Sweet and warm heat-removing drugs

Such as Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, cabbage, litchi, chestnut, jujube, walnut kernel, lily, black sesame, bird's nest, royal jelly, sorghum, fennel, sword bean, mustard, cherry, pomegranate, black plum, etc., are suitable for the condition of qi deficiency and excess fire.