Insomnia plagues many people, from difficulty in falling asleep, or not sleeping soundly, to sleepless nights. Due to lack of sleep, insomniacs often have symptoms such as fatigue, dizziness, headache, palpitation and forgetfulness during the day. Most of the reasons are mental fatigue, emotional disorders, chronic physical weakness, improper diet and so on. , leading to heart, liver, spleen, kidney dysfunction, yin and blood deficiency, affecting the mind and causing disease. According to the meridian theory, patients can tap the corresponding meridians and acupoints in the following ways to calm their mood, eliminate anxiety and tension and improve their sleep. Patients can choose 2-3 of them according to their own conditions, or in turn. Methods/steps

Tap the top of your head to relieve your mood. The patient sits or lies on his back, his eyes are slightly narrowed, and his spirit is relaxed. He beats his head rhythmically with one palm, about 10 times. When operating, the fingers are naturally close together, the metacarpophalangeal joints are slightly flexed, and the flapping is stable and rhythmic.

Take five meridians to soothe the nerves. "Take" means to lift and pinch with your thumb and four other fingers. Five fingers hold the Du Meridian in the middle of the head and the Sun Shaoyang Meridian on both sides, which is called "taking five meridians". Specifically, it is repeated several times from the front hairline to the back of the head for about 10 minute. In the meantime, follow the trend of the back of the head to the wind pool points on both sides, and press and knead hard until it hurts. Fengchi point is located in the depression of the outer edges of the two major tendons behind the neck.

Wipe both sides of the back spine. 65,438+0.5 inches on both sides of the spine is the first lateral line of the bladder meridian, and important Shu points such as Xinshu, Ganshu, Pishu and Shenshu are distributed from top to bottom. This method can regulate the deficiency and excess of viscera, calm the heart and soothe the nerves, clear the liver and strengthen the spleen, benefit the kidney and sleep.

Tap the soles of your feet. Acupoints for treating various diseases are distributed on the soles of feet. Tapping the middle point of the sole connecting the lateral ankle and the medial ankle has a good effect on treating neurasthenia and insomnia. 30 slaps at a time

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