Heart pain is not only unpleasant, but also very dangerous. Indicating serious irregularities in work of cardio-vascular system, such painful sensations should not be ignored. If they occur, the patient should immediately consult a doctor.
To get rid of pain in the heart area, you can resort to both traditional medicine, and to folk remedies. But there is also a technique of acupressure, the purpose of which is to influence certain points on the human body, which helps to normalize the functioning of organs and helps relieve pain.
Can massage relieve heart pain? IN Chinese medicine This technique has long been used to treat heart disease. This effect makes it possible to alleviate the condition of a person suffering from hypertension, ischemia and atherosclerosis. In addition, massaging certain points on the body is very useful during the recovery period after a heart attack.
According to experts, finger massage for heart pain can achieve the following effects:
- increase the tone of the walls of blood vessels and muscles;
- disperse the blood, preventing the development of congestion;
- relieve pain and relax muscles;
- normalize blood pressure;
In addition, a properly performed massage has a calming effect, having a beneficial effect on the state of the patient’s nervous system. This is very important for many heart diseases.
Features of proper massage
Today, there are many techniques used to treat various heart ailments. But first we should consider the simplest of them, aimed at general relaxation of the body and removal pain syndrome.
When performing this massage, it is necessary to prepare the patient for the procedure. The main requirement here is relaxation. Therefore, you should give the patient a sedative (ordinary valerian or motherwort will do), and then put him to bed.
Once relaxation is achieved, the patient sits in a comfortable chair. Next, perform the following steps:
- The patient needs to take a deep breath and then hold his breath.
- The collar and belt are unfastened. Tightening clothing should be removed so as not to compress the blood vessels.
- The patient places his hands palms up.
- To relieve pain and normalize heart rate, it is necessary to massage the points at the base of the thumbs. Circular movements are performed.
Experts advise performing massage with hard objects, for example, a pencil. By influencing the points described above, you can control the heart rate. So, to speed up the pulse, you need to make circular movements clockwise. Reversing the direction of rotation will help achieve the opposite effect.
Similar active points are also found on the feet. They should be looked for at a distance of 3 cm from thumb towards the center of the foot. The impact is carried out using the same circular movements.
Impact points
It happens that pain does not appear at the most opportune moment. And to reduce their intensity, a person can independently influence certain points of his body: 
- On ring finger, almost in the middle of the nail plate, there is a place that should be massaged when heart pain occurs. This should be done with a fingernail or a sharp object, as if with a piercing motion. You need to press on the point and hold for about fifteen seconds. Then release briefly and press again. To reduce the intensity of pain, up to ten similar pressings are done.
- To find a place located on the palm, you need to clench your hand into a fist, and then remember exactly where the little finger touches the palm. This is the necessary point. It should be massaged with circular rotations when the heart rate increases.
- On the outside of the left little finger, next to the nail bed, there is a point that needs to be squeezed on both sides with the pads of the fingers. If the pain in the heart does not stop after the massage, you should increase the pressure using your nails. This must be done carefully so as not to cause damage to the skin. In emergency cases, you can even bite the area with your teeth.
- Shao-hai point. To detect it, bend your arm at the elbow. It is located in the recess of the elbow. By massaging this area, you can not only treat heart ailments, but also normalize blood pressure and eliminate pain in the elbow and shoulder.
- One of the most effective areas on the human body is just above the crook of the wrist. Massaging this point is very helpful for neuroses, various heart ailments, and rapid heartbeat. In Chinese medicine it is called Jian Shi and with proper massage it helps to relax the body, relieve stress and normalize sleep.
- Yes-ling. It is located in the middle of the wrist fold just below the palm. The impact on the area is carried out with light pressure with a fingertip. It is necessary to either increase or decrease the pressure. This massage allows you to get rid of arrhythmia, heart pain, cardioneurosis, mood swings and mental disorders.
What to do in case of pressure changes
Sudden surges in blood pressure can significantly worsen a person’s quality of life. They are typical manifestations vegetative-vascular dystonia and are often present in patients suffering from heart disease.
Such pressure drops can occur due to a number of reasons due to weather, experiences and other factors. They result in dizziness, sudden weakness, darkening of the eyes, etc.
In such cases, a targeted effect on certain areas located on the legs will be useful. They are also called “first aid” points. You should press them quite hard (until pain appears) for 15 minutes.
They are located in the following places:
- Near the base of the nail of the second toe. It should be massaged at the root of the finger, pressing firmly, which will help prevent possible fainting and dizziness by increasing the pressure.
- Just below the popliteal fossa there is a zone, the impact of which contributes to an increase in pressure. It should be massaged on both legs twice a day, twenty times. This allows you to raise the level blood pressure.
- On the plantar depression immediately below thumb there is a point that should be massaged with circular rubbing movements until appearance of mild pain.
Recommendations for properly performing acupressure massage
When performing massage of active points to reduce heart pain, you need to know about some simple rules. The following recommendations will help you achieve better results:
Self-massage - what is it?
This procedure allows you to achieve relaxation and calm, having a beneficial effect on the heart. If done correctly, you can reduce or even get rid of heart pain. But the main advantage is that the massage therapist in this case the patient himself speaks. Self-massage is performed as follows:
- Take a sitting position and begin lightly stroking the upper area of the sternum.
- Movements should be smooth and slow, rubbing. So you should gradually reach the neck, rubbing first with your palm and then with your fingertips.
- Now you should move to the shoulder blades, as far as the length of your arms allows, gradually rising to the neck area.
- Next, we move to the chest again, repeating the above steps.
Heart pain can have a dramatic negative impact on a person’s quality of life. One of the simplest and most effective ways to combat pain is acupressure. It can be performed by the patient independently anywhere, relieving his condition and allowing him to return to everyday activities.
Arrhythmia is a violation of the frequency, rhythm and sequence of heart contractions.
In humans, the heart rhythm is controlled by special centers, from which impulses travel along pathways to the atria and ventricles of the heart. Normally, an electrical impulse, born in the sinus node, located in the right atrium, goes to the atrioventricular node, and from there along the His bundle directly to the ventricles of the heart, causing their contraction. Changes can occur in any part of the conduction system, which causes a variety of rhythm and conduction disturbances.
Causes of cardiac arrhythmia:
- heart diseases (myocarditis, defects, cardiomyopathies, heart attack)
- electrolyte imbalance (changes in blood levels of potassium, calcium, magnesium),
- nervous system disorders (neuroses, stress),
- dysfunction thyroid gland(thyrotoxicosis, hypothyroidism),
- influence toxic substances(nicotine, alcohol), some medications, etc.
Symptoms of arrhythmia
Highlight different kinds arrhythmias: with increased (tachycardia) or slowed down (bradycardia) rhythm, premature (extrasystole) or chaotic (atrial fibrillation) heart contractions, etc.
Patients may feel:
- heartbeat;
- discomfort in the region of the heart;
- increased impulse in the heart area or its fading;
- general weakness;
- dizziness.
Types of cardiac arrhythmia
Some types of arrhythmias are not accompanied by any unpleasant subjective sensations and are detected only by examining the pulse and/or analyzing the electrocardiogram.
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The normal heart rate for most healthy adults is 60–90 beats per minute at rest (in the morning, lying down, on an empty stomach, in temperature comfort conditions). You should measure your heart rate at least 30 minutes after drinking a cup of coffee or strong tea. Before measurement, the person must relax and rest for 5 minutes.
Tachycardia
Sinus tachycardia is a normal heart rhythm at rest with a frequency of more than 90–100 beats. in a minute. In healthy people it occurs when physical activity and emotional arousal. It is often a manifestation of vegetative-vascular dystonia, in this case it noticeably decreases when holding the breath. More persistent tachycardia occurs with increased body temperature, thyrotoxicosis, myocarditis, heart failure, and anemia.
Paroxysmal tachycardia is attacks of rapid heartbeats of regular rhythm with a frequency of 140–240 beats per minute. It is characterized by a sudden, distinct onset and an equally sudden end, lasting from a few seconds to several days. An attack of tachycardia is often accompanied by sweating, a slight increase in body temperature, weakness, fainting, and discomfort in the heart area.
Bradycardia
Sinus bradycardia is a regular heart rhythm with a frequency of 40–60 beats per minute. Often observed in healthy, especially physically trained individuals (at rest, during sleep), it can be a manifestation of vegetative-vascular dystonia, and also occur with myocardial infarction, with decreased thyroid function (hypothyroidism), with some viral diseases, under the influence of poison. At times, bradycardia manifests itself as discomfort in the heart area.
Heart block is a violation of the conduction of impulses from the atria to the ventricles, characterized by bradycardia with a frequency of less than 40 beats per minute. Blockades can be persistent or transient. Occurs with myocarditis, cardiosclerosis, myocardial infarction, under the influence of certain drugs (cardiac glycosides, beta-blockers, Verapamil). With persistent bradycardia, attacks of dizziness and fainting are characteristic.
Extrasystole
Extrasystole is a premature heart contraction, which can be felt as interruptions or fading of the heartbeat. Extrasystole occurs in most healthy people. If extrasystoles are rare (less than 5 per minute) and are not felt by the patient, then they do not require special treatment. If extrasystoles are frequent (6 or more per minute) or the patient feels interruptions or dizziness, then it is necessary to consult a doctor.
Atrial fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation is an irregular heart rhythm characterized by a pulse of varying content and frequency, from 100 to 150 beats per minute. Atrial fibrillation can be persistent or paroxysmal. Observed in mitral heart defects, coronary disease heart disease, thyrotoxicosis, alcoholism, etc. Atrial fibrillation may not be felt by the patient or may be felt as a palpitation. There is a tendency to form blood clots.
Treatment of arrhythmia
Diet
There is no special diet for arrhythmias, but the use of foods rich in potassium (potatoes, raisins, dried apricots, etc.) and magnesium (oatmeal and buckwheat, dried fruits, nuts, etc.) can have a positive effect on heart rhythm.
Folk remedies
FOR INTERNAL USE
- A mixture of beet, carrot and radish juices in a 1:1:1 ratio is useful to drink daily for several months for any type of cardiac arrhythmias.
- If you have palpitations, it is very useful to eat figs in any form or chew lemon peel.
- It is useful to mix motherwort juice and vodka in a 1:1 ratio. Take 1 tsp. 3 times a day before meals for palpitations, tachycardia, arrhythmias and cardiac neuroses. You can take motherwort dry herb powder 1 g (at the tip of a knife) 3 times a day.
- For arrhythmias, coronary heart disease, palpitations, hypertension, mix tincture of blood-red hawthorn fruits and propolis in a 1:1 ratio. Take 25 drops 3 times a day.
- Peppermint is one of the most effective means, used for heart rhythm disturbances, interruptions and fading in the work of the heart muscle. 1 tsp. Add dry crushed mint leaves to a glass of boiling water and leave for 1 hour in a warm place. Strain. Drink in small sips in the morning half an hour before breakfast. Drink the infusion daily, without missing a single day, for a long time.
- Stir 1 tbsp. l. honey in 1/2 cup of beet juice and drink 3 times a day an hour before meals (the product also relieves blood pressure well).
- Baked potatoes are very healthy. You need to bake it entirely over a fire or (at home) in the oven.
- Valerian officinalis root – 1 tbsp. l., three-leaf leaves - 1 tbsp. l., peppermint leaves - 1 tbsp. l. Pour a tablespoon of the mixture into a glass of boiling water and leave for 1 hour. Strain. Drink 1 tbsp. l. half an hour before meals 3 times a day.
- Blood-red hawthorn flowers, meadow clover flowers, meadowsweet herb, lemon balm herb, rose flower petals, yarrow herb, elecampane rhizome, common rowan flowers, wild raspberry shoots, oat straw, wild rosemary shoots, safflower roots well . Pour 6 g of the collection into 300 ml of boiling water, leave in a thermos for 4 hours, strain. Take 50 ml warm every 4 hours.
- Flowers and fruits of blood-red hawthorn, sweet clover herb, lily of the valley flowers, lemon balm herb, dill fruits, elecampane rhizome, blackberry leaves, oat straw, silver birch leaves, capitol herb, fruits of coriander - equally. Pour 6 g of powdered collection into 300 ml of boiling water, heat in a water bath in a sealed container for 10 minutes, leave in a warm place for 2 hours, strain. Take 50 ml warm every 4 hours.
- The given charges can be used for all cardiac arrhythmias in the absence of conduction disturbances. Constant monitoring of the pulse rate is necessary, especially if the composition includes foxglove leaves, hellebore rhizome, Adonis herb, leaves or flowers of May lily of the valley. If the pulse rate is less than 60 beats per minute, you should reduce daily dose 1.5–2 times, and if the frequency is less than 50 beats per minute, stop taking it for several days.
Herbal medicine for rhythm disturbances should be almost continuous. To eliminate the addictive effect, herbal mixtures are alternated every 1.5–2 months.
Traditional healers advise for any arrhythmias
Eat a little at a time, as a full stomach is annoying nervus vagus, inhibiting, in turn, the functions of the sinus node, in which cardiac impulses arise.
Avoid static loads (heavy lifting), as they cause an increase in blood pressure, leading to increased heart function, which can cause disturbances in the rhythm and tempo of heart contractions.
Take liquid hawthorn extract 30–40 drops per day before meals.
First aid for any arrhythmia: the patient must be provided with physical and emotional rest and put to bed. Give any sedative (valerian tincture or tablets, motherwort tincture, Corvalol, etc.) and call a doctor. In some cases, you can force the patient to take a maximum breath, then hold his breath, pinch his nose with his fingers and ask him to simulate a maximum exhalation without exhaling air from the lungs. In this case, the patient must strain quite hard (the face will turn purple, but this is not dangerous). After several such strains, the attack of palpitations often stops.
Emergency help
1. Point localization
The point is located on the palmar surface of the wrist (from the side of the thumb) under the lower fold, 1.5 cm down from it, where the pulse is determined.
Impact technique
Press firmly on the point located on the left hand with the pad of your thumb for 1–2 minutes or until the palpitations stop.
Palpitations, fear, insomnia
2. Localization of points
Symmetrical, located on the palmar side of the wrist in the recess between the tendons on the middle fold, on the side of the little finger.
Impact technique
Putting your hand on the table, palm up, tilting the hand towards the elbow, alternately massage the points on the right and left hand for 3 minutes.
Heart palpitations when moving
3. Point localization
Symmetrical, located in the area of the elbow on the little finger side, in a recess. Massaging this point is especially effective for palpitations that occur during movement.
Impact technique
The hand lies on the table, palm up. Massage the points alternately on the right and left hand in a sitting position for 3 minutes.
4. Point localization
The point of impact is on the palmar side of the forearm, 3 finger widths above the wrist fold.
Impact technique
Massage the point with the pad of your thumb for 2-3 minutes.
5. Localization of points
Symmetrical, located on the plantar surface of the foot in the fossa, which is formed when the toes are bent.
Impact technique
While sitting, massage the point alternately on the right and left leg for 3–5 minutes.
6. Point localization
The point is located on the shin in a depression located 4 finger widths below the lower edge of the patella (with the leg extended) and a finger width outward from the tibial tuberosity.
Impact technique
Press and massage the point with the pad of your thumb for 2–3 minutes or 300 times. To prevent arrhythmia, you can warm the point with a wormwood cigar, pepper patch, or mustard plasters.
7. Point localization
The dot is on the inside side calf muscle, about 4 finger widths up from the inner malleolus and behind the tibia.
Impact technique
Massage the points alternately on the right and left legs, applying light pressure (vibration) for 30 seconds to 1 minute, 1-2 times a day. To prevent arrhythmia, you can warm the point with a wormwood cigar, pepper patch, or mustard.
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Acupuncture and acupressure are successfully used for treatment cardiovascular diseases accompanied by arrhythmia.From the point of view of Chinese medicine, there are twelve energy channels (meridians) in the human body. They connect the “main organs” with all parts of the body and with external bodies- skin, tongue, eyes, ears, nose.
The channel (meridian) consists of two parts - the external and internal passage. You can touch the external passage with your finger and massage the active (acupuncture) points on it, running along the entire length of the channel. The internal passage is hidden. This move is influenced using needles.
According to the teachings of “U-Xing”, the energy channel (meridian) of the heart is considered number 5 (V). The heart channel is most active from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (passive from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.).
When the heart is healthy, a person is cheerful and active. He makes smart decisions. This is because on the way to the brain, energy passes through the heart. Heart pathology leads to a decrease in mental performance, memory, and intuition.
Christians consider the heart to be the center of the human personality.
All Christian spiritual practices are based on the development of the mind of the heart through the transformation of a person’s personality. Chinese sages considered the heart to be an organ that exercises control over blood vessels, consciousness and spirit, sweat and blood.
Mental health especially depends on the harmony of this channel. It is also important that to improve brain activity you need to massage the active points of the heart channel.
When the heart is sick, a person has anxious thoughts, emotional anxiety, and all kinds of experiences. Any person is very afraid of disorders in the heart, observing with fear arrhythmia or tachycardia. A diseased heart system leads to weakened mental abilities in adults and delayed mental development in children. With a sick heart, a person is indecisive, prone to overinsurance, unjustified hesitation, unsure of himself and suspicious.
Modern science considers arrhythmia, circulatory disorders, and angina pectoris to be heart diseases. However, even in the absence of these manifestations, the heart can be sick.
This is indicated by headaches, decreased mental performance, frequent dizziness, discomfort in the eyes, dry mouth, paleness or redness of the face without visible reasons, numbness of the little finger and other fingers. A person develops speech defects, he pronounces words poorly, he stammers. Sometimes talkativeness, which was not previously characteristic of him, appears. Problems arise in the intellectual sphere, he speaks confusingly. The heart suffers especially often in the summer.
The heart is afraid:
spiritual and moral division. This happens when a person intuitively feels that he is guided by the wrong worldview, but cannot understand this purely intellectually; then a conflict arises in the person’s mental world, a conflict with himself;
In case of illness - the emergence of anxiety and negative experiences. If the heart is healthy, and a person creates these emotions for himself through an incorrect lifestyle, then they steadily destroy the heart;
Lack of microelements in the diet.
The points of the internal course of the meridian are impacted with needles, thus conducting acupuncture sessions.
The heart meridian is the fifth (shou-shou-yin-hsin-jing).
It originates from the middle of the cardiovascular bundle, passes through the lungs and enters the axillary region, where it begins to be accessible to action. From here it goes on the inner surface of the shoulder, behind the meridians of the lungs and the “ruler of the heart” (pericardium), descends from the area elbow joint along the inner surface of the forearm to the hand, its pisiform bone, then passes to the radial side of the little finger, at the end of which it connects with the canal small intestine.
The heart meridian of the “yin” system, the flow of energy in it is centrifugal, connects the spleen-pancreas meridian with the meridian small intestine. There are 9 points on it. Standard points of the channel: tonic point - V9р, sedative point - V7р, "accomplice" point - V7р, stabilizing lo-point - V5р to the meridian of the small intestine, sympathetic point VII15с (VII - meridian Bladder), the “herald” point is XIV14zh (XIV is the anterior median meridian). Optimal time tonic effect - 13-15 hours, sedative effect - 11-13 hours.
The longitudinal secondary meridian - the manual longitudinal collateral line of the small intestine - starts from point VI 7p (VI is the meridian of the small intestine), runs along the elbow joint and connects to the shoulder joint.
The transverse secondary meridian - the transverse manual lo-point of the small intestine - starts from point VI 7p and ends at point V 7p.
V1р (hand).
Jiquan. Point location: at the level of the axillary fold directly at the lower edge of the pectoralis major muscle and the inner edge of the short head of the biceps brachii muscle. The injection depth is 5 fen (1.5 cm). Indications: pericarditis, intercostal neuralgia, hysteria.
V2р. Qing-ling. Point location: at the inner edge of the biceps brachii muscle, above the elbow. Acupuncture is contraindicated due to high sensitivity and the presence of large vessels.
V3р. Shao-hai. Location of the point: on the fold of the elbow at its ulnar edge, anterior to the internal condyle humerus, where the depression is felt. The injection depth is 2-3 fen (0.6-1 cm). Indications: cold fingers, tachycardia, tonsillitis, insomnia.
V4р. Ling-dao. Location of the point: at the radial edge of the flexor carpi ulnaris tendon, above the radiocarpal fold. The injection depth is 3 fen (1 cm). Indications: endocarditis, hysteria, pain in the elbow joint.
V5р. Tong-li. Location of the point: between the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris and the superficial flexor of the digitorum above the wrist fold. The injection depth is 3 fen (1 cm). Indications: headache, dizziness, nose bleed, paroxysmal tachycardia, tonsillitis, psychosis.
V6р. Yin-si. Location of the point: between the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris and the superficial flexor of the fingers, above the wrist fold. The injection depth is 3 fen (1 cm). Indications: headache, dizziness, paroxysmal tachycardia, tonsillitis, stomach ulcer, hiccups.
V7р. Shen-men. Location of the point: on the proximal radiocarpal fold, at the tendon of the ulnar flexor carpi, in the gap between the pisiform and ulna. The injection depth is 3 fen (1 cm). Indications: paroxysmal tachycardia, tonsillitis, insomnia. Effects at this point are especially indicated for psychoses and heart diseases.
V8р. Shao-fu. Location of the point: between the fourth and fifth metacarpal bones, posterior to point V 9p, where the depression is felt. The injection depth is 3 fen (1 cm). Indications: intercostal neuralgia, paroxysmal tachycardia, intermittent fever.
V9р. Shao-chun. Location of the point: on the terminal phalanx of the little finger, medially from the root of the nail, on the radial side by 0.3 cm. The injection depth is 1 fen (0.3 cm). Indications: general exhaustion, pleurisy, intercostal neuralgia, paroxysmal tachycardia, muscle cramps of the upper limb.
The essence of the acupuncture method is its effect on acupuncture point using a needle in order to cause a response of the body's energy, regulating the circulation of energy, and thereby the functions of the entire body. The ultimate goal of acupuncture is a preventive or therapeutic effect. Several types of needles are used for acupuncture: thin short, thin long, needles with a triangular point, button needles, and a multi-needle hammer.
For effective application method of acupuncture, in addition to an accurate diagnosis, correct selection of points and skillful manipulation of needles, the behavior of the acupuncturist is extremely important, which must guarantee the patient’s trust in him, which is an important factor contributing to the success of treatment.
The position of the patient during an acupuncture session is of no small importance. The choice of position must be determined each time by the points to be affected. The basic principles that should be followed when choosing the position of the patient are as follows:
the points to be affected must be easily accessible for injection;
the chosen position should be comfortable for the patient so that he can sufficiently for a long time be in one position, since when changing positions, pain occurs and, in addition, bending or even breakage of the needles is possible.
The position of the patient depends on the location of the points chosen for the injection. The patient can take a sitting or lying position, using pillows to make the position more comfortable.
An acupuncturist must be fluent in the technique of manipulating needles. Depending on the type of needle used and the required depth of injection, the most suitable effective method needle insertion. Do not touch with your fingers the part of the needle that should be in direct contact with the patient’s body.
After the injection skin simultaneously with the insertion of the needle, its rotation begins, for which, rolling the needle handle between the large and index fingers, she is introduced into the depths muscle tissue. Rotational movement and pressure on the needle must be applied simultaneously, harmoniously, because only in this way can a free, painless insertion of the needle into the tissue be ensured. Conversely, an inept combination of rotational and translational movements increases the pain of the injection.
The rotation during withdrawal is similar to the previous one with the only difference being that the force of the large and index finger aimed at removing the needle from the tissue. Removing the needle with rotation requires the same coordination of rotational and translational movements in order to reduce the pain of the injection and facilitate the procedure.
The depth of puncture when affecting each specific point is indicated in specialized literature. The figures given are indicative in nature and are designed for adult patients of average fatness. IN clinical practice The depth of needle insertion is determined in relation to each patient, each specific case, taking into account the age and fatness of the patient.
For overweight people, the depth increases accordingly; for areas with a thin layer of muscle it decreases, and vice versa. It is also necessary to take into account the depth of location of important internal organs at the injection site, the depth and nature of the injection (straight, oblique), since the depth of oblique injections can significantly exceed the depth of straight ones. With the appearance of the “needle phenomenon,” needle insertion stops.
Achieving the “needle phenomenon” is the most important condition in acupuncture. Only the appearance of this phenomenon ensures the effectiveness of the injection. There are two ways to verify this:
the acupuncturist’s feeling: when the needle hits the point and the indicated phenomenon appears, the doctor will have the feeling that the needle seems to be “stuck” in the tissues. With further manipulation of the needle (input, output, rotation), it seems to resist the doctor’s efforts.
the patient’s sensation: the patient can judge the appearance of the “needle phenomenon” by the feeling of fullness, tension, heaviness, fatigue, numbness, dull pain at the injection site, which can, to one degree or another, radiate to neighboring areas.
In cases where the needle has reached the required depth, but the “needle phenomenon” does not occur, irritation of the point should be increased until the described sensations appear, or it should be checked whether the localization of the point is correctly determined.
There are also cases when in a significantly weakened patient’s body it is not possible to evoke the “needle phenomenon” in one session; it appears only in subsequent sessions.
Alternative therapy involves the treatment of heart diseases in a variety of ways and methods. Treatment with substances of mineral, animal and other origin, herbal treatment, homeopathic remedies etc. Domestic ethnoscience offers the following treatment methods, including heart diseases accompanied by arrhythmia.
What kind of remedies does not traditional and folk medicine offer to relieve pain in the heart area? This and medications, and medicinal herbs in the form of infusions and decoctions, tinctures and elixirs. Foot baths and breathing, rest and Fresh air, light gymnastics and massages.
As you remember, dear readers, basically Chinese massage lies the mechanical impact of the fingers on reflex points, which relieves pain, activates the work of all organs, eliminates stagnation in energy channels and allows vital energy move freely within the body.
Our conversation is about whether it is possible to relieve heart pain with acupressure? You will find the answer to this question in this article:
- Acupressure for pain in the heart.
- How is acupressure beneficial for the heart?
- How to reduce and how to increase blood pressure with massage?
- What types of massage can be used for heart pain?
- Folk remedies and herbs for heart pain.
Acupressure for heart pain
Acupressure for heart pain has been used in Chinese medicine since ancient times. It significantly alleviates the condition of vascular atherosclerosis, hypotension and hypertension, angina pectoris and coronary heart disease; it is also used in recovery period after a heart attack.
What are the benefits of massage for the heart?
- Numerous observations of specialists on patients with heart diseases revealed that:
- Massage accelerates the blood well and eliminates congestion.
- Increases the tone of muscle fibers and walls blood vessels including the heart muscle.
- Helps restore normal blood pressure, with low blood pressure increasing and high blood pressure decreasing.
- Relaxes muscles, relieves pain, pinching and pressure behind the sternum.
- Balances emotions and worries, brings them back to normal state of mind, eliminating tension.
Warning. Never suffer heartache. If persistent pain occurs: take medicine and call a doctor, ventilate the room, remove constricting clothing, if you feel that the pain is slowly receding, then do acupressure for the heart or self-massage.
When heart pain occurs outside the home and there are no pills at hand, you can apply acupressure to the following points:
Point on the nail plate of the ring finger is located almost in the middle of the nail, a little closer to the base of the bed. Can massage movements press on the entire nail with the pad of your finger, but it is better to massage this point with your nail (a piercing motion) or some sharp object (a stick or a pen with a rod).
You can easily find this point by pain. Press down on it and hold the pressure for 5-6 seconds. Let go. Press the point again. There should be 8-10 such pressures. If relief does not occur, take a break and repeat the massage again. But usually, relief comes very quickly.
Dot on the palm. Clench your hand into a fist, look at where your little finger touches your palm, it seems to point to the point we need. This point on the palm is massaged when the heart beats.
The point is at the nail bed of the little finger. The point is located at the nail bed on the outside of the little finger. You need to massage the little finger of your left hand, it is closer to the heart. For convenience, you can squeeze the little finger on both sides (from the sides) at the level of the nail bed, first with the pads of your fingers. If it doesn’t help, use another technique - squeeze with force with your nails, just dig your nails into your finger. In the most urgent cases, you can bite with your teeth.
Shao-hai point. If you bend your elbow at a right angle, you will find it between the edge of the elbow crease and the epicondyle of the humerus (in the depression). Watch the video:
This point is used to treat heart disease, normalize blood pressure, insomnia, pain in the shoulder and elbow joints.
Point Da-lin. The point is located in the middle of the wrist fold, on the palm side. You need to influence the point with the pad of your finger, pressing on it and releasing the pressure. Impact on the point helps with cardiac arrhythmia, cardioneurosis, insomnia, and causeless mood swings. In addition, intestinal motility improves, headaches improve, and the immune system is strengthened.
Jian-shi point. In Chinese medicine, it is considered a soothing point for the outer lining of the heart. Located above the bend of the wrist. The point is used for heart diseases and neuroses, to eliminate palpitations, heart pain, sleep disorders and depressed mental states.
How to reduce and how to increase pressure with acupressure
How to reduce blood pressure with massage? Look at Figure 1. The point is located in the depression at the base of the earlobe. The points are massaged on both sides simultaneously.
If you go down from point 1 in a straight line, then right above the collarbone you will find a very painful point 2, when pressed it simply pierces with electricity. With light movements of your fingers you need to massage the line shown in the figure, up and down and vice versa: 10 movements down and 10 movements up.
How to increase blood pressure with massage? The required points are located at the base of the skull (see Fig. 2), on both sides of the spine. Massage the points with pressure, vibration, tapping.
To increase pressure there is also a point on the stomach; measure from the navel along the midline of the abdomen the width of 4 of your fingers. This is where the desired point is located. Also apply pressure, stroking, and vibration to this point.
What types of massage can be used for heart pain?
In addition to acupressure for heart pain, you can use chest and back massage. How to do self-massage?
Using self-massage . Self-massage should begin with stroking the area of the heart and the upper part of the sternum. Using slow and smooth rubbing movements, you need to move from bottom to top to the neck. Rub first with your palm, then with your fingertips.
If you do self-massage for the purpose of prevention, when you are feeling relatively healthy, then the massage can be done more intensely, with light tingling. Then, as far as your hands allow, you need to move on to stroking and rubbing the shoulder blades, also moving from the shoulder blades to the neck area.
Having worked the shoulder blades and neck well, move on to the sternum again. A good addition to this self-massage would be rubbing your arms and legs. This massage brings tangible benefits when attacks of pain occur due to emotional overstrain, stress, or severe anxiety.
Folk remedies and herbs for heart pain
Tincture of birch catkins. In one of the old medical books, I read that for heart disease they drank tincture from birch catkins. Now is the time to prepare the earrings. There are two types of catkins growing on birch: staminate and pistillate. We only need staminate earrings; they are easy to distinguish; they are always larger, more elegant and usually hang in plain sight, so that it is more convenient for insects to collect pollen from them. Choose any glass container, fill two parts of it with stamen earrings, and fill the remaining one part with vodka.
The medicine needs time to infuse, usually it takes two weeks. The tincture is ready, you can strain it. Drink this tincture 20 drops three times a day. The course of treatment is from four weeks to two months.
Cornflower oil. I would like to give you verbatim another old recipe, taken from an old medical book.
“Cornflower oil is prepared as follows: take 26 spools of green cornflowers and pour a kopeck of wood oil on them, and put them in a glass vessel, and seal them tightly, and put them in the sun for 20 days, and, strain, save... And then the oil is taken inside, drives away heart weakness, strengthens the heart, takes away fear from a person, and gives courage.”
Having understood it, I realized that this recipe contains not cornflower flowers, but all the greens, and the early greens of cornflowers, when there are no flowers yet. Leaves and stems of cornflowers should be taken freshly picked.
Zolotnik is an old Russian measure: 1 zolotnik = 4266 g, and 1 hryvnia = 204.75 g. Wood oil - olive oil. Take 1 teaspoon of this medicine on an empty stomach; it drives away the infirmity of the senile heart, strengthens the heart, relieves pain and relieves the feeling of fear that occurs in people during heart attacks.
Rosehip juice with honey. I also like this potion: rosehip juice with honey: remove seeds from one kilogram of rosehip berries and puree through a sieve. Place rosehip puree into boiling water (2 liters), boil for 3 minutes, let cool and add two glasses of honey. The drug should be stored in a sterile container in a cool place, and taken 250-300 ml before meals.
Do acupressure for heart pain, prepare tinctures and decoctions according to ancient recipes, take them for your own benefit and be cheerful and healthy!
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In case of a severe attack of arrhythmia, it is necessary to carry out urgent measures that will help you feel better. Reception sedatives and acupressure for arrhythmia will stabilize the heart rate, breathing, eliminate chest spasms and dizziness, which will help avoid fainting. The essence of acupuncture massage for arrhythmia comes down to the effect on biological points, which, if performed correctly, is not inferior medical supplies. Moreover, massage has no side effects, like .
Acupuncture: the effectiveness of acupressure
Before moving on to an acupuncture method, you should understand what causes the heart to contract. Central nervous system regulates the functioning of the entire body, in particular the organs of the cardiovascular system. Any disturbance in this center will lead to a failure in the transmission of impulses, which will provoke a heart rhythm disorder. Cardiac arrhythmias are a consequence of impaired conduction of nerve impulses from the sinus node, and are known for their diversity:
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- tachycardia;
- bradycardia;
- atrial fibrillation;
- sinus arrhythmia.
Acupuncture is a method of acupressure based on the impact of special needles on biological points of the body.
For arrhythmia, the method is aimed at influencing the very centers that regulate the rhythmic functioning of the heart organ - the medulla oblongata and the sinus node (right atrium). Acupressure improves the functioning of the nerve nodes that are responsible for regulating rhythm, and even improves the condition of the heart muscle. But making a diagnosis on your own is unacceptable, since cardiac dysfunction can be associated with various disorders. Before using an acupuncture method, you should consult a cardiologist.
How is massage done?
By massaging active points, you can get rid of the symptoms of arrhythmia. Acupressure is effective as a first aid remedy for an attack of arrhythmia, as well as for preventive purposes. Properly performed manipulations are designed to stabilize the heart rhythm and improve well-being. The biological areas responsible for the functioning of the heart are located in the arms and legs. Below are some guidelines for hosting an event:
- in order to prevent attacks, acupressure is carried out in the morning and evening, massaging the point for 3 minutes;
- emergency care requires impact on the points in contact with the heart canal (C7 and C9);
- as a sharp object, you can choose anything with a pointed end, for example, a pencil or pen;
- if such an object is not at hand, the massage is carried out with the pads of the fingers;
- during an attack of tachycardia (rapid heart rate), circular movements are carried out counterclockwise;
- during an attack of bradycardia (slow pulse) - clockwise.
Acupuncture points
Acupressure is carried out by influencing biological points of the body that are responsible for the functioning of the cardiovascular system. The table shows the main active places and their functions:
| Localization | Point name | Location | Function |
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| Hand | MS 7 | Middle of the carpal fold, between the tendons, on the side of the index finger |
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| C 7 | The top of the wrist fold, on the little finger side, on inside hands |
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| Legs | E 36 | Below the knee, in the depression, outside the edge of the tibia |
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