Pressing Hegu acupoint mainly has the effect of treating headache and eye pain, epistaxis (nosebleed), nasal abyss (mainly manifested as obscene nasal mucus, the amount of which cannot be wiped clean), sore throat and toothache, no sweat and excessive sweating, influenza and other diseases.
The Hegu acupoint is covered with superficial branch of radial nerve, and there is a network of veins on the back of the hand. Massaging this point can have the effect of calming and relieving pain, energizing the meridians and channels, and relieving heat from the surface.
This point is mainly used for treating fever, headache, redness and swelling of the eyes, epistaxis, sore throat, deafness, stroke, silence of the mouth, absence of sweating in febrile diseases, excessive sweating, thirst, dysmenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, abdominal pain, dyspepsia, dysentery, constipation, cryptorchid rash, tannic fever (an acute infectious disease in which the skin is red as if coated with pigment), and furuncles.
Acupressure can usually only play a role in improving the symptoms of the disease, and can not cure the disease. If the symptoms are serious, you need to consult a doctor and follow the doctor’s instructions for standardized treatment, do not blindly operate on the acupoints.