“If it hurts, it doesn’t pass, if it passes, it doesn’t hurt.” This proverb, which I believe everyone is familiar with, is also a description of the role of blood in the operation of the human body. When the blood flow is not smooth, stagnant blood will be easily retained in the body, so that not only can not play a normal physiological function, but also affect the local and even the whole body blood flow, resulting in pain and meridian blockage. So, in addition to injections and medication, are there other ways to help the elderly out of the dilemma of poor blood flow? The problem of poor blood circulation is a common problem for many elderly people, especially in winter, when the cold air makes it easier for those with blocked blood vessels to feel pain all over their bodies. In fact, this can be attributed to “pain is not pass”. The term “blockage” can be interpreted as the blockage of meridians and blood vessels, while “pain” is one of the symptoms caused by “blockage”. Poor circulation can cause pain in the neck, shoulder, waist and legs, numbness or weakness in the hands and feet, and even muscle atrophy. Blood vessels are not smooth, the disease can be located in the limbs can be manifested as cold hands and feet, calf cramps and other symptoms; the disease is located in the heart and brain vessels, prone to coronary heart disease, cerebral infarction and other problems. The blood vessels of the elderly are like a small river with slow water flow, very easy to accumulate garbage and block the river. “To clear out the ‘garbage’ in the blood vessels, the key is to pay attention to more exercise, so that the whole body’s qi and blood are mobilized. At the same time, more stimulation of the body’s ‘blood switch’, all help to move Qi and blood.” Head more knocking more comb – Fengchi massage from the head, the head is mainly knocking and combing two techniques. Knock method is relaxed fingers, five fingers slightly apart, with the end of the fingers for elastic knocking; comb method gestures and knock method is similar, it is a combing action with the nails from front to back. After doing the above steps, you can start massaging the Fengchi point. Fengchi point is a foot Shaoyang bile meridian points, has a smart ears and eyes, brain and tranquilizing effect. This point is flat on the back of the hairline, between the sternocleidomastoid muscle and the upper recess of the trapezius muscle. This point can be used to massage by rubbing or rubbing method, first cross your fingers, then raise both thumbs, put your hands behind your head, two thumbs finger end force point press Fengchi point, pay attention to the upper force, against their forehead force, there will be a significant sense of soreness; then both thumbs flat, with the finger belly up and down rubbing, rub the speed to fast, so that the acupuncture point at a slight sense of heat. Chest more points more rubbing – Tanzhong Next, the chest is mainly point method and rubbing method. Point method is horizontal point point, rubbing method is vertical rubbing point. The point method requires five fingers together, using the end of the fingers to tap acupuncture points with elasticity, taking care not to exert too much force on the points of the chest; the points are divided into three horizontal lines, clicking from the inside out, taking care not to point the breast center points (i.e. nipple area). The second step is to rub the Ren Chakra, especially above and below the Tanzhong points. The danzhong points are used to treat all diseases of the qi branch and are closely related to the function of the heart and lungs. This point is on the front midline of the body, level with the fourth rib space, and for men, level with the line between the two nipples. Rub with the large fissure of the palm of your hand, where there is an acupuncture point belonging to the lung meridian, the fissure point. Use the large fissure to quickly rub the Tanzhong point up and down until you get a slight feeling of heat. The abdomen is mainly patted and moistened with two techniques. Pat method with a virtual palm pat, five fingers together and slightly flexed, palm is empty, pat so that the finger belly and the size of the interstitial fish contact the patted parts. Before patting, there are two points need special attention: first, abdominal patting method to take a standing position or lying down, with abdominal breathing, also known as reverse breathing, deep and long breathing, this breathing method can greatly improve the body’s use of gas. The shoulders are not raised when using this breathing method, and the activity of the thorax is not as obvious as chest breathing, and the abdomen rises when inhaling and sinks when exhaling; secondly, hold your breath after inhaling, keep your abdomen inflated, and pat your belly button with the palm of your imaginary palm against the Shen Que point, the number and weight of the patting depends on your physique. At the beginning, the number of times can be less, lighter power, and then gradually add more weight. The patting method is generally carried out on an empty stomach, and should not be patted within one hour after a meal. Mo method is relatively simple, just overlap hands, placed on the abdomen, pushing the clockwise direction, running to the lower left abdomen when you can use a little force. Mo abdomen can improve gastrointestinal function, promote intestinal peristalsis, patting the abdomen can also strengthen the body, improve physical fitness. Waist and back more whack more rub – bladder meridian waist and back is mainly whack and rub two techniques. Pounding method if the fist for knocking, rubbing method requires the palm of the hand to rub the relevant parts. The lumbosacral region is mainly the circulation of the bladder meridian, you can use the fist eye or fist back from the top to knock, to have the feeling of vibration; rubbing method is also in the same part with the hands of the large fish interval quickly up and down the rubbing of the waist back, the same rub until there is a feeling of heat. There may be questions: “how to reach the middle of the back part?” At this point, we can use some tools, such as health hammer, or even other tools that we can get around, such as wooden sticks, plastic handle screwdriver, of course, is to use the handle of that end to hit. Or stand against the wall, with the back rhythmically hit the wall can also be. In fact, as long as we use more brains, everywhere in life can be health care. The end of the limb more pinch – nail root points Pinch method is to use the front edge of the finger nail point pressure points, due to the amount of stimulation is relatively large, often used in first aid, for example, we all know that coma first aid with the human center, with the pinch method. In addition, we can also pinch the “nail root point” located near the root of the finger (toe) nail, this point is located at the intersection of the lateral edge of the nail and the trailing edge of the tangent line, about 0.1 inch from the nail angle, you can pinch both sides together. This point can wake up the brain, stimulate the meridian qi, in addition to the first aid for stroke hemiplegia, for the fingers and toes often numb or cold people have health benefits.