Massage Houxi point to treat the pillow

  Falling pillow is a common clinical disease, multi-morbidity, mainly due to improper pillow height and head and neck tilt resulting in cervical spine twisting and bending for a long time, or a sudden violent head turn resulting in mild displacement of the posterior cervical joints, intervertebral bone loss of balance, local flesh and bone, muscle health, fascia and other soft tissue spasm resulting in a stiff neck, limited activity. For some patients with weak constitution or needle shyness, the massage of Houxi point is used to treat the drop pillow, which has good efficacy.  Point: Houxi point is located at the posterior aspect of the ulnar aspect of the fifth metacarpophalangeal joint, at the posterior edge of the small head of the fifth metacarpal bone, at the interval of the red and white flesh. Method: The practitioner (or the patient) presses the affected side of the Houxi point with the index fingertip and performs rhythmic rotational motions to give strong stimulation, while making the patient lightly turn the neck until the symptoms disappear completely.  The ancestral medicine believes that the pillow is due to fatigue of the local meridian tissues in the stretched state for too long, resulting in local meridian Qi and blood stagnation, and then attacked by wind and cold, tendons and veins detention, rotation is limited, not pass is pain. Houxi point belongs to the Hand Sun and Small Intestine meridian, and is one of the eight rendezvous points. It is connected to the Great Vertebrae through the Hand Sun and Small Intestine meridian, and has the function of relieving spasm and relieving pain. Ling Shu. The remaining disease chapter says: “Xiang pain can not lift, stab the foot sun, can not be Gu, stab the hand sun also.” The “Acupuncture and Moxibustion Dacheng” states more clearly that “Houxi point is the main treatment for neck strength.” This method is easy to operate, easy to master, and generally effective.