China has always been a country that pays attention to health care, and now people are also very concerned about health care, which is also a popular method beneficial to health, not only diet therapy, but also meridian health care. When it comes to meridian health care, it is necessary to talk about meridians and acupoints in the human body, which play a health care role through stimulation such as massage and moxibustion. Next, let's learn about the functions and benefits of Zusanli.

Zusanli is the acupoint of the stomach meridian of Foot Yangming, which is a big point for strengthening the body and has the function of strengthening the spleen and regulating the stomach.

Zusanli, also known as Xia Ling, is the lowest point of the stomach and the meeting point of the stomach meridian. This point is located on the lateral side of the calf, three inches below the lateral knee eye (the nose point of the calf), and the horizontal finger is located on the lateral side of the anterior tibial crest. "Zusanli" is one of the five Shu points, and its nature belongs to soil meridian and soil point. "Treating the five internal organs simultaneously" can be used for all diseases of the six internal organs. Because of its powerful function, Zusanli point has been designated as a health point by health experts since ancient times. The ancients called it the "longevity cave". Zusanli point has the functions of regulating spleen and stomach, regulating qi and blood, regulating digestion and tonifying deficiency. There is a saying in Chinese medicine that "if you want to be safe, Li Sanchang will not do it." Regular moxibustion at Zusanli point has the functions of regulating qi and blood in various systems of human body, strengthening body resistance, balancing yin and yang, eliminating pathogenic factors and preventing diseases, and can make vitality last and prolong life.

The location of Zusanli

Zusanli is located in the anterolateral part of the calf, 3 inches below the external knee, and a horizontal finger (middle finger) from the front edge of the tibia.

How to find Zusanli? There are two simple methods for selecting acupoints:

First, I am sitting in a chair with my knees bent, my feet flat and the ground naturally flat. My hands are around my knees, my index finger is on the front edge of my tibia below my knee, and my four fingers are disturbed. This is the point where my fingertips touch.

Second, reach out and take it. Place your right hand on your left leg, your left hand on your right leg, and move your thumb up along the lateral edge of the tibia until it is blocked by a protruding oblique bone. The tip of your thumb is the point.

Indicating function of Zusanli point

Regulating the spleen and stomach, attending all gastrointestinal diseases; Dispelling meridians and activating collaterals, treating diseases along meridians; Emergency resuscitation is one of the nine acupoints in Huiyang. Health care and disease prevention is one of the key points of physical fitness.

Zusanli is one of the main acupoints of Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that massage Zusanli has the functions of regulating immunity, enhancing disease resistance, regulating spleen and stomach, invigorating middle energizer and activating collaterals, expelling wind and removing dampness, and strengthening body resistance, and is an important acupoint for preventing and treating diseases and strengthening body. "Li" and "Li" mean management and conditioning, and Zusanli can also be written as "Zusanli", which means that the body can be conditioned in various ways through this acupoint.

Seven health-preserving effects of Zusanli

1, the first point of male aphrodisiac

Zusanli is the first point for male health preservation, which can regulate the spleen and stomach, tonify the middle energizer, tonify kidney and strengthen yang, and help to treat male erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, spleen and stomach weakness and other diseases. Moreover, Zusanli is getting stronger and stronger, so for men, if they want to improve their sexual health, they must master the health care methods of Zusanli.

2, regulate qi deficiency and blood deficiency

There is a folk saying that "it is better to keep Zusanli under constant pressure than to eat an old hen". This is because acupuncture and moxibustion stimulation of Zusanli can promote the biochemical qi and blood of the spleen and stomach and the whole body, while frequent stimulation of Zusanli can play a role in invigorating qi and generating blood, tonifying kidney and strengthening the body, making people's skin white and tender and full of qi and blood.

3. The first point of human longevity

Regular moxibustion at Zusanli can strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, replenish the biochemical source of acquired qi and blood, make qi and blood grow continuously, nourish the viscera of limbs, and thus delay human aging.