Acupressure points for liver protection

Acupressure point massage methods to protect the liver include the point press Zhangmen method, the point of the belt pulse method, and the method of the quarter of the ribs. 1. Pressing the Zhangmen method: the patient lies on his back, the doctor continuously presses the Zhangmen points on both sides with the tips of the thumbs for 1 to 2 minutes, and rubs them after the point. For symptoms such as fullness in the chest and ribs (a collective term for the chest and ribcage area), pain in the chest and ribs, abdominal distension and fullness, irritability, etc. caused by liver qi discomfort, pressing this point has a certain alleviating effect, and it can be used as a liver protection point to press and knead. 2. Point Belt Vein method: the patient lies on his back, the doctor firstly presses and kneads the Belt Vein point with his thumb for 1~2 minutes, then points and presses it, and presses it together, and continues to press it for 1~3 minutes. For the symptoms such as stomach pain, abdominal pain, fullness of chest and hypochondrium caused by the liver qi stagnation, the pressure of the point has a relieving effect, and it can be used as a liver protection acupoint to press and knead it. 3. Sub-quarter mo method: patients lying on their backs, the doctor’s two hands show finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger palm side were placed on both sides of the quarter under the ribs can not be points, Chengman points, along the quarter ribs from the edge of the inward to the outward below the Mo, through the abdominal sadness point to the Jingmen point stops, repeated Mo for 5 to 7 minutes. For liver qi uncomfortable caused by coercion and rib distension and pain and other symptoms have a relieving effect, can be used as health care liver acupoints massage. Pressing the acupoints to pay attention to the strength, should not be too much, in addition, if the liver problems, resulting in discomfort patients, it is recommended that the regular hospital consultation, under the guidance of the doctor’s identification of the cause of the disease, the cause of the treatment, acupoint massage only to play a role in health care, can not replace the medication to treat the disease.