Acupressure therapy has become very popular in India. Keeping this in view, this book is written as a layman''s guide to expose thes therapies and benefits there on explaining the basic science involved. A brief history of acupressure is also given.
The basic science involved in acupressure therapy is believed to be the
flow of bio-elctricity
energy or bio-energy through different organs of our body.There are positive energy and negative energy. These energies should be balanced to have a healthy body and mind. This therapy of acupressure believes that there are 14
meridians in our body. 12 meridians are inpairs each on right side and left side and two are single. Bio-electricity flow through these meridians and in turn, they are connected with the body organs/cells through subsidiary meridians.
The intensity of the flow of bio-energy varies thrughout 24 hours of the day.Maximum energy flow in a
Meridian occur at a particular time of the day. At that time one will get the health problem if the energy is not balanced or he has less resistance power. There is also explanation for the maximum energy flow in a merdian connected to some
organ and related disease.
For any organ, energy flow through the meridian in that region is the controlling force. For any disorder in an organ of our body, there are some points on the meridian controlling that organ and the points become painful. By applying pressure on these points, one can regulate the flow of bio-energy through that meridian and health disorder can be eliminated. These are the Acupressure points.Different effects like Anesthetic, Sedative, Homeostatic and immunity enhancing, Psychological and effect on musculo-skeleton system are created by acupressure.
To get relief from ailments, one has to diagonise the points on a meridian. One complete chapter is devoted illustrating the varios points of different organs as propective acupressure points with diagrams. Benefits of acupressure treatment is also fully described with examples. How to locate the acupressure points and the direction for sucessful treatment is also given.
Advantages of acupressure treatment are: easy and simple, self treatment can be done and no side effect.It can be concluded that based on the rule of nature, acupressure treatment on the specific points of any organ will regulate the bio-energy flow which will help to eliminate the disorder one''s health.
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