How to perform acupoint massage to lower blood pressure?

For patients with hypertension, lowering blood pressure is a very important thing, but it is necessary to understand the correct method of lowering blood pressure. It is actually better to lower blood pressure through acupoint massage, such as massaging the head, patting the chest, and beating the back. These methods are relatively simple and effective.

1. Massage the head and face

This is a commonly used method for lowering blood pressure, which is widely adopted among patients with hypertension and has a very good blood pressure lowering effect. Rub your hands to warm them up, rub your face several times, then press from the temples on both sides of the forehead to the back of the head, then down along the neck from both shoulders to the forehead, and then down to the chest. Repeat the massage about 20 times, which can effectively lower blood pressure.

2. Pat your chest

This massage method is very simple and easy, and it has a very good auxiliary effect on the treatment of hypertension. When exercising, patients with hypertension should stand naturally with their feet apart, turn their upper limbs to the right, bend their elbows at the same time, and pat the front of the heart with the palm of their right hand and the back of their left hand on the back of the heart, patting 10 to 15 times.

3. Beat your back

Back pounding is a very simple blood pressure-lowering massage method that patients with hypertension can do by themselves. The specific method is to stand with your feet naturally open, half-clench your fists from bottom to top, and pound the waist and back at the same time. Use gentle techniques and do not use too much force. Then pound from top to bottom 10 times with both fists, which is very helpful for patients with hypertension.

4. Massage the soles of your feet

Patients with hypertension should actively use their bed rest time to carry out effective massage therapy. When lying on their backs, they should alternately massage the soles of their feet with their heels to make the soles of their feet feel warm. Because there is a Yongquan point on the sole of the foot, it is called the "second heart". Massaging the soles of the feet can promote blood circulation throughout the body, activate meridians, relax the legs, strengthen the body, dredge meridians, and prevent high blood pressure.