Nowadays, many people have problems of backache, hair loss and poor sleep. In fact, these may be the signals of kidney is not good.
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-tonifying switch" on the waist.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the waist is the "house of the kidney", and often rubbing the waist can help stimulate the acupoints and meridians of the waist, help to reconcile qi and blood, and invigorate the kidney.
There is a key point for tonifying kidney at the waist, that is Shenshu point. Pressing Shenshu point every day can relieve low back pain and improve hypertension, nephropathy, tinnitus and hypodynamia.
Location: Shenshu point is located under the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra, at a side opening of 1.5 inch.
When selecting acupoints, prone posture is usually adopted, and Shenshu point is located at the waist of human body. The point on the lower back facing the navel eye (Shenque point) is Mingmen point, and the point on the left and right fingers of Mingmen point is Shenshu point.
Methods: Make a fist with both hands, put the tip of the fist on the Shenshu points on both sides, press and knead clockwise first, and then press and knead counterclockwise.
There are health-care points hidden under the soles of your feet.
It is said that feet are the "second heart" of people. The acupoints on the soles of the feet are dense and gather many meridians, and there is a key point for 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, strengthen their physique and improve their sleep. People with poor sleep quality and difficulty falling asleep can usually 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 alternately rub your feet.
There are also "Bushen points" on the ears.
The Chinese medical classic "Health-preserving Prescription" records: "Rub the helix with your hands, regardless of the number 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. All parts of the human body have corresponding acupoints on the ear, many of which are related to the kidney.