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The only [verification needed] ambiguity with this unique systemized method is on the urinary bladder meridian, where the outer line of 14 points found on the back near the spine are inserted in one of two ways; following the last point of the inner line along the spine (會陽) and resuming with the point found in the crease of the buttocks ...
Pressure points [a] derive from the supposed meridian points in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Indian Ayurveda and Siddha medicine, and martial arts. They refer to areas on the human body that may produce significant pain or other effects when manipulated in a specific manner.
An example of a reflexology chart, demonstrating the areas of the feet that practitioners believe correspond with organs in the "zones" of the body. Reflexology , also known as zone therapy , is an alternative medical practice involving the application of pressure to specific points on the feet, ears, and hands.
Acupuncture point LI-4 (Hegu), known in Chinese as 合谷 (hégǔ) Acupressure is an alternative medicine technique often used in conjunction with acupuncture or reflexology. It is based on the concept of life energy , which purportedly flows through "meridians" in the body.
There are about 400 acupuncture points (not counting bilateral points twice) most of which are situated along the major 20 pathways (i.e. 12 primary and eight extraordinary channels). However, by the second Century AD, 649 acupuncture points were recognized in China (reckoned by counting bilateral points twice).
Varma Kalai (Tamil: varmakkalai, Malayalam and Sanskrit: marma-vidya/marmam) is an Indian traditional art of pressure points.It combines massage, alternative medicine, traditional yoga and martial arts [1] in which the body's pressure points (varmam) are manipulated to heal or cause harm.
Koryo hand acupuncture [1] is a modern system of acupuncture, created by Yu Tae-u in the 1970s, [2] in which the hand represents the entire body and is needled or stimulated during treatment. [3] Koryo hand acupuncture is popular among the general population as a form of self-medication in Korea, and has adherents in Japan and North America ...
Acupressure, a non-invasive form of bodywork, uses physical pressure applied to acupressure points by the hand or elbow, or with various devices. [ 52 ] Acupuncture is often accompanied by moxibustion , the burning of cone-shaped preparations of moxa (made from dried mugwort ) on or near the skin, often but not always near or on an acupuncture ...