Chinese medicine uses acupoints to relieve low back pain

　　I believe many people have experienced backache and back pain. Back pain may not seem like a disease, but it actually hurts terribly. The editor below will introduce you to several massage methods that use acupoints to relieve low back pain. You might as well give it a try.

　　How to relieve low back pain

　　1. Mingmen point

　　Mingmen point is located in the depression under the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra in the waist, opposite to the navel. Make a fist with your right or left hand, place the tip of your fist on the Mingmen point, first press and rub 9 times clockwise, then 9 times counterclockwise, and repeat 36 times. Continuously pressing and rubbing this point can warm the kidney yang and sharpen the waist and spine.

　　2. Shenshu point

　　Shenshu point is located under the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra, 1.5 inches away from it, and is level with Mingmen point. Make fists with both hands, place the tips of your fists on the Shenshu points on both sides, first press and rub clockwise, then counterclockwise. Pressing and rubbing this point every day can nourish yin and strengthen yang, nourish the kidneys and strengthen the waist.

　　3. Yaoyangguan point

　　The Yaoyangguan point is located in the depression under the spinous process of the fourth lumbar vertebra, approximately level with the iliac ridge. Make a fist with your left or right hand, place the tip of your fist on the Yaoyangguan point, and massage it repeatedly. This point is where the Yang Qi passes through on the Du Meridian. Pressing and rubbing it every day can dredge the Yang Qi, strengthen the waist and knees, and benefit the lower Yuan.

　　4. Waist and eye points

　　The lumbar eye point is under the spinous process of the fourth lumbar vertebra, in a depression about 3.5 inches away, and is level with the Yangguan point. Make fists with both hands and massage this point with the tips of your fists, which can activate blood circulation, dredge meridians, strengthen waist and kidneys.

　　5. Weizhong point

　　Weizhong point is located at the midpoint of the transverse crease of the popliteal fossa behind the knee joint. Rub your hands together until they are hot. Use both hands to rub the acupuncture points on both lower limbs at the same time (using your thumbs and the pulps of the other four fingers to apply force relative to each other) for about one minute. It can relax muscles and activate collaterals, relieve spasm and relieve pain.

　　6. Yangguan point

　　Make a fist with your thumb with four fingers of your hand, relax your wrist, and tap the waist Yangguan point 36 times with the back of your fist. Tapping this point every day can invigorate Yang Qi and strengthen the waist and knees.

　　7. Lumbosacral

　　Make a fist with your thumb with four fingers of your hand, and tap the back of your fist rhythmically from both sides of the waist spine to the tail and sacrum, 36 times each on the left and right sides, which has the effect of promoting blood circulation, dredging meridians, and strengthening muscles and bones.

　　8. Rub the waist

　　Rub your hands until they are hot, place the palms of both hands against both sides of the waist and spine, rub it once up and down, and rub it 100 times in a row. It has the effects of warming the meridians, dispersing cold, strengthening the waist and replenishing the kidneys.