Office workers and students are people who use their brains a lot. Excessive brain use will make you feel tired and even dizzy. To improve these adverse symptoms, you can do a head massage and massage yourself after get off work or home every day. It’s also quite convenient to do. How to massage your head comfortably? What are the benefits of head massage? Let’s find out together!
1. The benefits of head massage
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the meeting of the Yangs of the head and tail. Slapping the head can mobilize the flow of qi and blood and mobilize Yang Qi. When Yang Qi is sufficient, people will be energetic. People who use their brains a lot sometimes feel that their brains are not enough. Slapping the head can promote blood circulation in the head, strengthen the brain, enhance intelligence, improve memory, delay the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease, and prevent cerebral infarction. The Baihui point on the top of the head has the effect of stabilizing mood and lowering blood pressure. It can relieve the anxiety of office workers and stabilize blood pressure. The most direct benefit of slapping the head is to increase the blood supply to the scalp, clear the qi and blood channels of the scalp, reduce hair loss and reduce dandruff.
The method is very simple: bend your fingers naturally and pat the head gently with the palm of your hand, increasing the intensity from small to large, hitting every position of the head. Some people may feel a little dizzy and bloated at first. After a while, they will feel their head is hot and their blood will flow upward. After 5 to 6 minutes of stopping, they will feel clear-headed and energetic.
The most important thing about maintaining health is persistence. If you develop a method into a habit, simple methods can also become a guarantee of health. One more healthy habit will add a boost to people's health and longevity.
2. Head massage method
1. Massage the Chengqi point.
Chengqi point is a point on the stomach meridian. Chengwei means to accept tears. This acupoint can adjust the function of tear secretion. Eliminate eye bags and dark circles, treat dry eyes and watery eyes.
2. Massage the Sibai acupoint.
Sibai point is a point on the stomach meridian. The foot yangming stomach meridian is a meridian with lots of qi and blood. It can promote the qi and blood of the stomach meridian to reach the face, relieve eye fatigue, make the face rosy, and remove the nose and lips. The figure of eight pattern between.
3. Press and rub the Yintang point.
The Yintang point is between the two eyebrows. It can remove the horizontal lines between the eyebrows and has the effect of improving eyesight and calming the mind. Moxibustion on Yintang point to remove acne.
4. Push and rub the hairline.
Push from Yintang to the hairline, upward, through Shenting point, and into the hair to stretch the brows and reduce the horizontal lines on the forehead.
Place the index, middle and ring fingers of both hands on top of the Yintang, press slightly and slide your fingers from the middle to both sides. Eliminate forehead wrinkles.
5. Massage the temples.
The temple is between the eyebrow tip and the outer corner of the eye, one inch back. Relieve eye fatigue and eliminate crow's feet. Just press and knead with a little force, but don't use too much force.
6. Dry comb your hair.
Use five fingers to press your scalp and use appropriate force to comb your hair instead of a comb until your scalp feels numb. Prevent hair loss and gray hair, relieve dizziness and headache. This action not only promotes blood circulation in the head, but also stimulates the Shixuan point on the fingertips, which can reduce the risk of cerebral infarction.
Rubbing these areas will have the effect of moisturizing, improving eyesight and darkening hair. Bright eyes, shiny and delicate skin, and dark and thick hair will give you true health and beauty.
Note: Pushing and kneading the face is generally from bottom to top, or rotating and kneading. Avoid top to bottom, which may easily cause facial muscle relaxation.
3. Requirements for head massage
(1) When massaging the head, the various techniques should be smooth and rhythmic, the force should be moderate, the frequency should be reasonable, and it should not be ignored. Sometimes fast and sometimes slow.
(2) When massaging, the acupuncture points should be accurate and the movements should be gentle to prevent hair damage.
(3) During the whole process of massage, you need to concentrate and relax your body and mind. The massage techniques should go from light to heavy to light, from slow to fast to slow, from shallow to deep, from superficial to deep. Here, step by step. The transformation and connection of various techniques should be natural and coherent.
(4) The entire massage time should be around 20-30 minutes.
(5) During massage, in order to make the scalp absorb nutrients or perform hair growth and hair strengthening massage, you can use some nutrient solutions or hair growth and hair fixing ointments or medicines.