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Accupressure for health and fitness Book Abstract

Abstract by : Suvojitc
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Published: March 30, 2008
ACUPRESSURE

Accupressure is a form of physiotherapy that indulges in massage and
stimulation of precise points of the body.To ease all kinds of aches
and pains
and provide relief from tension, exhaustion and disease. A form of
surgery
where needles are penetrated into specific points of your body it also
cures
chronic aches and pain. It is based on the principle of manipulation of
crucial
pressure points in the body, accupressure cures difficult and chronic
aches and
pains - backaches, spondylitis, abdominal cramps, neurological
disorders,
arthritis etc. These pressure points, over a 1000 of them are actually
small
nerves about a centimeter in diameter and varying in depth between a
quarter of
an inch to several inches. - are often embedded in or near a muscle or
tendon.Accupressure points are present in both palms of our hands as
well as in the feet.In our palms we have accupressure points of
HEART,LUNGS,KIDNEYS,EYE,LIVER,THYROID GLANDS,PANCREAS,SINUS and
BRAIN.If you dont know that exactly where these points are situated in
your hand just clap your hands for two minutes then also most of these
points will get its required pressure.Some Sadhus(Saints of India) even
says that at the time of singing Devotional songs of god there was a
ritual of clapping in India these were introduced by the ancient sages
to stimulate these points.
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