Articles for tag: Pressure Points

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Dim Mak: The Touch of Death or Chinese Fantasy?

You know how it is: you’re a liquored up, muscular jock hanging in the bar, watching football clips put to rock music on the television when out of nowhere those jerks the nerds come up and start mouthing off with math or something. You turn to pound their spectacles into their faces, but then their ...

Reflexology Socks – A Required Purchase

The Practice of Reflexology is a centuries old concept of applying message and manipulation to the feet and hands, designed to relieve stress and improve health. Although little Scientific evidence of Reflexology exists, it is established in most parts of the World, at least as an Alternative Medicine. Corresponding pressure points on the feet and ...

Reflexology Inducing Labor

The practice of reflexology or acupuncture has been used for centuries. It has only become part of our culture for less than one hundred years. Many nurses that work in labor and delivery have discovered this unique practice and have utilized it within their field of training. There are pressure points in the feet and ...

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How to Perform a Vulcan Nerve Pinch

Anyone who has ever seen Star Trek should be familiar with the famous Vulcan nerve pinch, which mr Spock and his Vulcan compatriots use to render their enemies instantly unconscious simply by squeezing the nerves in the correct place. I have always loved Star Trek and as a child the Vulcan nerver pinch was always ...

Homemade Remedies for an Upset Stomach

Everyone has experienced a feeling of nausea, and bubbling in their stomach. Many people run to the store and pick up over the counter medication, but few realize that the same results can be achieved at home with simple remedies. I have collected ten remedies that can be used to cure an upset stomach in ...

Reflexology and Pregnancy

Reflexology is most commonly known as acupuncture and has been around for well over four thousand years; generally practiced by the Chinese and finally made its way to our part of the world in the early 1900’s. A trained and licensed practitioner applies pressure to certain pressure points on the body; generally the feet and ...

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How to Get Rid of a Headache

Choose Your Headache We’ve all encountered headaches in one form or another. From tension to migraine headaches, they can sometimes slow us down during the day. You can relieve yourself of these head demons and if you need a quick method, then check out some techniques below. Tension Headaches Tension Headaches tend to occur because ...