During a grand mal seizure, you can massage acupoints such as Shui Gou Point; while during a petit mal seizure, you can massage Epilepsy Point and Tian Jing Point. The specific treatment plan should be chosen according to the cause of the disease and individual physical condition, there is no so-called “best”, please follow the doctor’s instructions standardized treatment.
Minor epileptic seizures will be part of a very mild generalized seizure, such as disorientation, or with some hand or oropharyngeal automatisms, walking suddenly sit on the ground or suddenly appear in the daytime symptoms of agitation. The grand mal seizure, on the other hand, is more violent in form, with tonicity, followed by shaking, foaming at the mouth, inability to call out, and incontinence of both bowels.
When a grand mal seizure occurs, you should first call 120, or you can press acupoints in Chinese medicine to stop the seizure in an emergency, including the Shui Gou acupoint (commonly known as “Ren Zhong”). The Shui Gou acupoint is one of the most important points in first aid for emergency cases such as unconsciousness, fainting, stroke, heatstroke, shock, respiratory failure, and so on.
When a minor seizure occurs, you can massage the epilepsy point or Tianjing point. Epilepsy point is located in the middle line of the back, the midpoint of the line between the spinous process of the 7th thoracic vertebrae and the end of the tailbone, for pediatric epilepsy, eye redness and swelling pain, vomiting, headache and other conditions. Tianjing acupoint is located in the posterior region of the elbow, 1 inch above the tip of the elbow in the depression, applicable to epilepsy, with the effect of dredging the Sanjiao, li turn and tranquilize the mind, Shuzhi Tongluo.
Massage points can only be used as an auxiliary treatment for epilepsy, and it is recommended that epileptic patients follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment, so as not to delay the condition.