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Potent point B 36, called Bearing Support, is especially good for stimulating the
body's natural resistance to colds and flus. It's located near the spine, off the tips of the
shoulder blades. According to traditional Chinese medicine, wind and cold enter the
pores of the skin at this point.1 The muscles in this upper back area tend to get tense
just before a cold or flu takes hold.2
Recently, one of my best friends, a realtor, was suffering from a bad cold with a
stuffy nose, a hacking cough, puffiness around his eyes, and a pallid complexion. He
hadn't slept well the previous two nights because of these discomforts and was very
tired. After I briefly massaged his upper back, shoulders, neck, and chest, I showed him
how to press the decongestion points underneath the base of his skull and on his face. I
also told him to drink ginger tea at least twice a day. When I saw John the next day, he
told me he had slept soundly and felt much more refreshed. His eyes looked much
clearer, and already he was no longer coughing and blowing his nose.
Location: In the indentations of the eye sockets, on either side of where the bridge
of the nose meets the ridge of the eyebrows.
Benefits: Relieves colds, sinus congestion, frontal headaches, and tired eyes.
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Caution: This point is forbidden for pregnant women because its stimulation can
cause premature contractions in the uterus.
Location: At the highest spot of the muscle on the back of the hand that protrudes
when the thumb and index finger are close together.
Benefits: Relieves colds, flu, head congestion, constipation, and headaches.
Location: Below the base of the skull, in the hollows on both sides, two to three
inches apart depending on the size of the head.
Benefits: Relieves headaches, head congestion, arthritis, neck pain, and irritability.
Location: In the center of the back of the head, in the large hollow under the base
of the skull.
Benefits: Relieves head congestion, red eyes, mental stress, headaches, and stiff
neck.
Location: Directly between the eyebrows, in the indentation where the bridge of
the nose meets the center of your forehead.
Benefits: Relieves head congestion, stuffy nose,
and headaches.
Step 3
Press both LI 11: Bend your arm and place your
thumb at the- end of the elbow crease on the outside of
your forearm. Curve your fingers to press firmly into the
elbow joint for one minute. Repeat on your opposite arm.
Step 4
Step 5
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Step 5
Firmly press GB 20: Now close your eyes
and place your thumbs underneath the base of your
skull, two to three inches apart. Slowly tilt your head
back and apply pressure gradually, holding the
position for one minute to fully release these
important cold-relief points.
Step 6
Firmly press GV 16: Place the tips of your
middle fingers into the hollow in the center of the
base of your skull. Keeping your fingers on the
point, inhale as you tilt your head back and exhale
as you relax your head forward. Continue to slowly
rock your head back and forward, and breathe
deeply while you hold this important point for
relieving head congestion.
Step 7
Touch the GV 24.5: Bring your palms together and
use your middle and index fingers to lightly touch the
Third Eye Point located between your eyebrows. Breathe
deeply as you hold this point for balancing your endocrine
system.
Step 8
Firmly press K 27: Place your fingertips on the
protrusions of your collarbone, then slide your fingers
down and outward into the first indentation in between
the bones. Press into this hollow as you breathe
deeply and visualize the congestion clearing.
Location: To the side and a little above the vertebra that protrudes at the top of the
spine when the head is tilted downward.
Benefits: Relieves throat problems, coughing, shoulder and neck pain, and thyroid
imbalances.
Location: One-half inch below the base of the skull on the ropy muscles one-half
inch out from either side of the spine.
Benefits: Relieves sore throat, stress, burnout, overexertion, and heaviness in the
head.
Location: At the base of the throat in the large hollow directly below the Adam's
apple.
Benefits: Relieves dry cough, bronchitis, sore throat, chest congestion, and
heartburn.
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(You do not have to use all of these points. Using just one or two of them
whenever you have a cough can be effective.)
Step 3
Firmly press extra point 17: Slowly roll the
tennis balls a few inches higher toward the base of
your neck. If the tennis balls tend to slip, or you
aren't using them, Sim ly use both middle fingers to
press this important acupressure point at the base of
the neck.
Step 4
Hold both B 10 points and CV 22: Press B
10 on the upper neck with one hand, using the
fingertips. Use your other hand to lightly hold CV
22, an inch below the base of the Adam's apple,
pressing lightly at a downward angle. Close your
eyes and breathe deeply as you visualize healing
energy soothing your throat.
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