Acupressure for complications of cancer

Massage points are effective for abdominal distension, abdominal pain, intestinal tinnitus, constipation or diarrhea, and anorexia caused by weakness of the spleen and stomach. Foot San Li is a joint point of the Foot Yang Ming Stomach meridian, which has the function of regulating the spleen and stomach, harmonizing the intestines and eliminating stagnation, clearing heat and dampness, lowering rebelliousness and promoting vitality, treating abdominal pain and distension, intestinal tinnitus, constipation or diarrhea, this point also has the function of preventing disease and strengthening, lowering the free acid of the stomach, raising the activity of pepsin, and achieving the function of stopping vomiting. The Tianshu point belongs to the foot Yangming Stomach meridian, which is responsible for abdominal distension, intestinal tinnitus, constipation, etc. Therefore, acupressure stimulates this point with the effect of defecation. This point is used to treat diseases related to the large intestine. The combined use of the points has the function of moving qi and eliminating distension, strengthening the spleen and stomach, thus harmonizing the internal organs of the gastrointestinal tract and regulating the qi in the body, as the saying goes, “the six internal organs are used to pass”. Insomnia in cancer patients is caused by tension, anxiety, fear and other emotions, resulting in the deficiency of yang and yin and the imbalance of yin and yang. The disease lies in the heart and kidney, and involves the liver and spleen. The nature of the pathology is divided into deficiency and reality. In the case of deficiency, it is a deficiency of qi and blood and yin deficiency and fire; in the case of solid, it is a phlegm-heat disturbance and liver stagnation and fire. According to the individual differences of the patients, the treatment is based on the evidence, to supplement the deficiency and diarrhea, the symptoms and the root cause, to adjust the balance of the body’s qi, blood, yin and yang, so that the yin and yang intermingle, the spirit and sleep peace, so as to improve the quality of sleep. Head massage is to take the yin meridian of the meridian into the surface of the yang meridian after all reach the head and face. The head not only leads the whole body Yang Qi, but also the whole body Yin Qi. The head massage can strengthen the flow of qi and blood through the meridians, so that the qi, blood, and spirit are used for each other, in order to nourish their will and calm their spirit. Foot San Li, San Yin Jiao, Neiguan, Laogong, Yong Quan and Zhao Hai are all specific points that can regulate the essence of the internal organs, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and calm the mind and spirit. The nausea and vomiting caused by cancer are due to the patient’s deficiency of vital energy, weakness of the spleen and stomach, failure of the spleen to transport dampness, and the internal growth of dampness, resulting in the failure of the spleen and stomach to transport and transform, and the upward reversal of stomach qi. Sheng Ji Zong Lu? Vomiting” says: “vomiting, the stomach gas up and down.” Massage points are very effective for vomiting caused by weakness of the spleen and stomach. Nei Guan is one of the eight rendezvous points, which is part of the Hand Convulsive Yin Pericardium meridian and is connected to Yin Wei, which can lower the rebellious Qi of San Jiao and stop vomiting; Gong Sun is a ligament point of the Foot Taiyin Spleen meridian, which is also one of the eight rendezvous points of the Chong meridian, which can open the intestines and stomach, calm the Chong and lower the rebellious Qi; the two points are matched to treat heart, chest and stomach diseases. It can treat all diseases of the internal organs, especially stomach disorders, and has the function of draining the qi of the middle jiao and tonifying the middle qi. Foot San Li is a joint point of the Foot Yang Ming Stomach meridian, which has the function of regulating the spleen and stomach, harmonizing the intestines and eliminating stagnation, clearing heat and dampness, lowering rebellious Qi, and supporting the righteousness and cultivating the vital energy, which can treat vomiting and lack of appetite. As an external treatment method in Chinese medicine, acupressure can unblock the meridians, harmonize the Ying and Wei, penetrate the Qi and blood, and balance the Yin and Yang, which is less painful and more effective in the treatment of tumor side effects.