Acupressure points for migraine

  The human body has twelve main meridians, each of which goes in a different part of the body. However, there are many meridians that are not included in the twelve main meridians, and each meridian is very peculiar, finally boiling down to a total of eight, hence the name “eight odd meridians”.  There are eight vital points in our body out of 362 points, called the Eight Chakra Meeting Points. These eight points are located where our twelve main meridians and the eight odd meridians meet, strengthening the connection and meeting of the twelve main meridians and the eight odd meridians, and can be said to be our switch to open the eight odd meridians and achieve the purpose of regulating disease and health. The eight rendezvous points are often paired in our clinical use, which can play a more holistic and comprehensive therapeutic role and reduce the inconvenience caused by not identifying the evidence.  Migraine is a common disease, and its pathogenesis can be divided into external and internal injuries.  1. Migraine caused by external sensation The pain often starts from the temporal region and spreads toward the eyes, which is a vascular spasm migraine. The Yang Wei meridian, one of the eight Qi meridians, treats diseases caused by external sensation. Therefore, to treat migraine caused by external sensation, you should choose to press the Waiguan point (three fingers wide upward from the middle of the dorsal transverse wrist line), which is located on the Hand Shaoyang Sanjiao meridian and whose pulse is connected to the Yang Wei chakra.   Waiguan acupoint for colds If the disease is in a more superficial area, the treatment area is also more superficial; if the disease is internal, the needling will be deeper.  The headache caused by external sensation is superficial, so experts recommend using Gua Sha to give light superficial stimulation to the superficial part of the Wai Guan point.  The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who have been in the business for a long time, and they’ve been in the business for a long time.  2.Migraine caused by internal injury The pain area usually radiates upward from behind the ear and belongs to cervicogenic migraine, which is a migraine caused by muscle tension spasm stimulating the small occipital nerve. In this case, you should press the foot Lin Weeping point (the depression between the fourth and fifth metatarsal bones, behind the fifth metatarsal joint), which is located on the foot Shaoyang Gallbladder meridian, where the pulse is connected to the Belt Vessel.   The location of the Foot Lin Weeping Point Migraine caused by internal injuries is a ligament, so it is important to stimulate deeper and penetrate the power into the point.  【Press and knead method】 Use a massager or the rounded end of a chopstick to knead the foot Lin Weeping point with force, after the painful neck and shoulder muscles to do some activities.  Reminder] from behind the ear up the headache and accompanied by neck and shoulder discomfort such as pillow, shoulder pain can be relieved by rubbing the foot Lin Weeping point.  One of the causes of migraine is the internal disease and the other is the superficial disease, and the symptoms caused by both diseases appear on the side of the head, so it is difficult for many people without professional medical knowledge to distinguish which one the headache belongs to, and in some cases both migraines appear at the same time. Therefore, experts recommend that the two acupuncture points can be used in conjunction with each other, so that the surface and the internal can be used together.