Nowadays, many people have problems of backache, hair loss and poor sleep. In fact, these may be signs of bad kidneys.
If you also have these troubles, you may wish to press these "Bushen points" frequently, and you can do it in just a few minutes every day.
There is a "kidney switch" on the waist.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the waist is the "house of kidney", and rubbing the waist often helps to stimulate the acupuncture points and meridians of the waist, which helps to reconcile qi and blood and tonify the kidney.
There is a key point in tonifying the kidney at the waist, that is Shenshu point. Pressing Shenshu point every day can relieve low back pain and improve symptoms such as hypertension, nephropathy, tinnitus and fatigue.
Location: Shenshu point is located under the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra, with a lateral opening of 1.5 inch.
The prone position is usually used when selecting points, and Shenshu point is located at the waist of the human body. The point (Shenque point) where the lower back is facing the navel eye is Mingmen point, and the points on the left and right fingers of Mingmen point are Shenshu point.
Methods: Make a fist with both hands, put the tip of the fist on Shenshu points on both sides, press and knead clockwise first, then press and knead counterclockwise.
Health-care acupoints are hidden under your feet.
It is said that feet are people's "second heart". The acupoints on the soles of the feet are dense, with many meridians gathered, and there is a key point of health care-Yongquan point.
Yongquan point on the foot is the first point of the kidney meridian. Pressing this point can stimulate the qi and blood of kidney meridian, replenish kidney yang, make people energetic, enhance their physique and improve their sleep. People with poor sleep quality and difficulty falling asleep can generally press this point more.
Methods: First press Yongquan point on the other side with one thumb. 3 minutes at a time, and then operate with the other foot. Do it once every night when you wash your feet, or rub your feet alternately.
There are also "Bushen points" on the ears.
Traditional Chinese medicine classic "Health Prescription" records: "Rub the helix with your hands, regardless of times, so-called repairing its battlements to tonify kidney qi and prevent deafness."
The ear is the place where the meridians of the whole body meet, and the viscera are connected with the ear through the meridians. Every part of the human body has corresponding acupoints on the ear, and many acupoints are related to the kidney.