!ACUPRESSURE & AT-HOME CARE FOR ALL!
The following information is not supposed to be curative, or substitute other forms of medical intervention. It is meant to support at-home care, comfort and body-awareness <3
LINEAGE
Acupressure is part of the lineage of Traditional Chinese Medicine or TCM (more resources on TCM at the end of this doc). This medicine in the United States has developed and has been used as mutual aid, as poor people’s medicine, as movement medicine, and as a form of resistance and harm reduction for generations - It is in this spirit that the following information is shared.
NOTES on DIY medicine
This is a flexible medicine. I have attempted to make this document as accessible as possible for folks with what you likely have at home. At the same time, things can be flexible. For example, use Acupressure if you don’t have access to Acupuncture Tacks, a Hairdryer if you don’t have access to Moxa, or a lid for Gua-Sha if you don’t have access to Cups or a Gua-Sha spoon.
If you are a TCM practitioner and have feedback or suggestions, please get in touch :)
CONSENT and TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE
Please listen to your body as you move through the information below, and make sure to have consent if you are administering care to anyone besides yourself <3
Here is a beautiful essay by Prentis Hemphill on Consent during these times
CONSIDERATIONS FOR SET-UP
As you set up to do care for yourself or others, consider how the room is set up. Can you adjust the lighting so it is more pleasant to you? Are there smells you like you could bring into the room? Is there music you wanna turn on (or off)? Are you comfortable?
PREGNANCY NOTES
Some of the points are contraindicated for pregnancy. Please do not do acupressure on SP6, LI4, GB21
NOTES on white supremacy and ableism within TCM in the US
I want to acknowledge that a lot of TCM videos and resources show white able-bodied folks, in a way that reflects medical bias and who has historically been able to access this medicine, both as a practitioner and a patient. It is my hope that this medical knowledge being shared can be a way to begin divesting from acupuncture and TCM being mostly used by and for people with racial, class and ableist privilege in the United States.
This document is also attempting to compile acupressure point images that represent beautiful community and center BIPOC, queer, and disabled folk. If you’d like to participate and take photos of some acupressure points, get in touch :)
A list of BIPOC practitioners is found at the end of this doc.
If you are a BIPOC TCM practitioner and would like to be listed, please let me know <3
AT-HOME ACUPRESSURE CARE GUIDE
AT-HOME ACUPRESSURE CARE GUIDE
HOW TO ACUPRESSURE
- WHAT IS ACUPRESSURE? Acupressure means applying pressure with your fingers along acupuncture channels/meridians. Stimulating particular points along the meridians can relieve stagnation and blockages, thereby speeding up your body’s own healing response
- HOW DO I DO IT? Using deep, firm pressure, massage the point in a circular motion, or hold steady pressure. Be gentle enough not to bruise or hurt yourself <3
- HOW LONG DO I DO IT FOR? Often a point will be tender when it needs stimulation. You can massage it until the tenderness lessens, anywhere from 10 seconds to a couple of minutes
- HOW OFTEN? Press the points as needed :)
- WHERE ARE THE POINTS? If you click on the name of a point in the guide, a link will open with an image of where the point is. More information and photos of common points location is in the POINTS INDEX. Also googling the name of the point will get you lots of images if you need more guidance <3
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
STRESS/ANXIETY
- General Stress: You can use an Ear seed on shenmen. Press the seed for a few seconds when you feel stressed to calm down your nervous system and flight/fight response, or press with a pen on the point for a few seconds if you don’t have access to seeds. (how to locate the point video, and how to place ear seed video).
- General Anxiety: Tacks or acupressure on HT7 or ear massage (videos on using the ear for general anxiety in English and Spanish)
- Chest Tightness: Tap/acupressure on Ren17 or KD27. Press the point for a few seconds, or massage in circles to feel your chest open up. Tacks or acupressure on PC6
- Palpitations/Agitation: Acupressure on HT8, Tacks or Acupressure on ST44.
- Body-wide tension: Acupressure on LV3
- Grounding: Acupressure on KD1, and hot water foot soaking in the evening
- Stress Headache: Acupressure on Yintang
- Video with several acupressure points for insomnia and anxiety <3
INSOMNIA
- Acupressure on Anmian, HT7, KD1, SP6
- Nightmares: Acupressure on LI11 (pinch up skin a few times a day, 3 times for 10 seconds)
- Calming teas like chamomile, lavender, or mint an hour of two before bed
- Video with several acupressure points for insomnia and anxiety <3
FOCUS
- Acupressure or tapping on DU20 and Si Shen Cong
- If you feel unfocused because of frustration, add Acupressure on LV3
FRUSTRATION/RAGE
- Acupressure on LV3, LV2, GB34, Yintang or massage the temples
OVERTHINKING/RACING THOUGHTS
- Acupressure on ST44, DU20, SP3, GB20 and GB21 ( skip GB21 if you are pregnant)
- General Stress: Ear seeds on shenmen (how to locate it video), press for a few seconds when you feel stressed to calm down your nervous system and flight/fight response, or press with a pen on the point for a few seconds if you don’t have access to seeds (how to place ear seeds video)
GRIEF/LOSS
- Acupressure on LU1, LU7, LU9, KD27 and the 3 Scholars
- Grounding: Acupressure on KD1 and hot water foot soaking
- Deep belly breaths while massaging Ren17
- Lung Channel massage Video
- Fight/flight agitation: Ear seeds on shenmen (how to locate it video), press for a few seconds when you feel stressed to calm down your nervous system and flight/fight response, or press with a pen on the point for a few seconds if you don’t have access to seeds (how to place ear seeds video)
PAIN
JOINT PAIN and CHRONIC PAIN
- Acupressure at GB34
- If joints/painful spots feel cold to the touch and creaky: Moxa the painful area
- If joints/painful spots feel hot or red and swollen: Apply cooling oils like peppermint, rosemary, spearmint or white tiger balm, if the skin is not irritated (fyi always cut essential oils with a carrier oil like coconut, almond or olive oil)
- For chronic pain with fatigue Moxa ST36 and SP3
- hot water foot soaking in the evening
- Leg cramps acupressure video
HEADACHE
- Gua sha neck
- Stress Headache: Acupressure on Yintang, LV3, DU20
- Back of the head headache with stiff neck: Acupressure on SI3 and UB60, GB20 and GB21 ( skip GB21 if you are pregnant)
- Band-around-the-head pressure headache: Drink a cupful of water with lemon juice + Acupressure on ST40 and SP9
- One-Sided Headache: Acupressure on GB41, check if GB14 is tender also
- Headache from being sick: Acupressure on SJ3, SJ5
- Any headache: Acupressure on LI4, Ling Gu and Da Bai
SORE EYES/SCREEN FATIGUE
- Acupressure massage video for sore eyes and screen fatigue
JAW PAIN
- Acupressure on LI4, Ling Gu and Da Bai and ST36. Find the sore spots and massage until they feel less sore.
- Jaw pain acupressure video
- Jaw release exercises
BACK PAIN
- Any back pain: Acupressure on Ling Gu and Da Bai. Find the sore spots along the bone where Ling Gu and Da Bai are and dig in, you can even use a pen to apply pressure. Massage the spots along the line between Ling Gu and Da Bai while gently moving/stretching the portion of your back that hurts, until you feel some release.
- You can gently gua sha for upper and mid back pain (also use gua sha for neck tension or headaches). You can use a soup spoon or a lid (clean before use, with alcohol or soap and water). Go gentle with Gua Sha if you often feel tired.
- Moxa or heat pad where the pain is, in addition to DU14, DU3 and Du4. This will increase circulation in the spine and help the pain
- Ginger compresses on the painful portion of the back.
- This video is for back pain acupressure points techniques (it says low back pain, but these points will be useful to move blood in the whole back including the upper back :)
LOW BACK PAIN
- This video is for low back pain acupressure point techniques
UPPER BACK PAIN and NECK PAIN
- Acupressure on Ling Gu and Da Bai. Find the sore spots along the bone where Ling Gu and Da Bai are and dig in, you can even use a pen to apply pressure. Massage the spots along the line between Ling Gu and Da Bai while gently moving/stretching your neck/shoulders, until you feel some release.
- Gua sha for neck pain video. Go gentle with Gua Sha if you often feel tired.
- Cup the upper back.
- Frozen shoulder/inability to raise the arms: Acupressure on ST38
PLANTAR FASCIITIS
- Acupressure on Mu Guan and Gu Guan. Press the point for a few seconds, or massage in circles as you move your foot. These are especially powerful for heel pain.
DIGESTION
ACID REFLUX
- Acupressure on REN12, Ren17
- Cooling teas like Mint
GENERAL DIGESTIVE ISSUES
- 3 Emperors acupressure video
- Stomach and Spleen Channel Acupressure
LOOSE STOOL
How to Moxa video
- Be mindful of your intake of Vit C, as it can induce loose stools
- Try adding more cooked foods and less raw foods in your diet, especially if you notice food-pieces in the stool ( and if that’s the case you can add warming teas like cinnamon and ginger to your daily routine)
- Increase your water intake to offset loss of fluids through loose stools
- Warm broths like Miso, chicken and bone broth and warming foods like these:
http://foodfromeast.com/category/tcm-categories/cold/cold-in-the-lower-jiao/
http://foodfromeast.com/category/tcm-categories/cold/
CONSTIPATION
- Acupressure on ST36, SJ6 and LI10
- You can massage the section of the Large Intestine and Stomach channel to move the stool, from from LI11 to LI8 and from ST36 to ST38.
- Abdominal massage
NAUSEA
- Tacks or press on PC6, massage downwards from REN12 to belly button/REN8
- Ginger tea to sip on throughout the day
- Massage downward toward the foot from ST36 to ST38.
COMMON ILLNESS
For COVID-SPECIFIC CARE click here
PREVENTION
How to Moxa video from Dr. Tenisha Dandridge L.Ac.
- Make your favorite tea to sip on throughout the day :) Ginger and Licorice root are both indicated.
- Add Propolis to your daily routine (not if you are pregnant)
- Daily Acupressure for daily health video: LI4 (not if pregnant) ST36, Shenmen, DU20 and Yintang.
- Immunity and Circulation Support Acupressure video
- Foods high in Zinc such as lentils, pumpkin seeds, chickpeas, chia seeds, almonds, cashews, oatmeal
- Foods high in Vit C such as chili peppers, citrus, leafy greens, broccoli, and red cabbage (fermented even higher). Be careful with Vit C supplements as it can cause digestive distress. If you start having looser stools, ease off for a few days :)
FIRST SIGNS OF SICKNESS
- Gua sha neck (also use gua sha for neck tension or headaches). You can use a soup spoon or a lid (clean before use, with alcohol or soap and water) for gua sha.
- Moxa ST36 (Twice a day, once in the afternoon and once at night). How to Moxa ST36 video
- Acupressure on GB20 and GB21 ( skip GB21 if you are pregnant)
- Sleep lots!
- Take a hot bath or hot shower
- Cover up to induce light sweating
- Make fire cider to take at the first signs of a sore throat/illness
FOODS
- Brothy foods with coriander seed, fennel seed, clove, cinnamon bark, nutmeg and star anise
http://foodfromeast.com/category/tcm-categories/exterior-invasion/wind-invasion-external/
SORE THROAT
- Mint tea (you can also gargle with Mint tea, or with warm salt water)
- Acupressure on LU10 and LI4 (don’t do LI4 if you are pregnant)
FEVER
LOW FEVER
- Gua sha neck
- Acupressure on LI11 (pinch up skin a few times a day, 3 times for 10 seconds video here)
- Acupressure on LI4 (not if you are pregnant)
- Acupressure on SJ5
- Tea to reduce fever video
- Mint tea
HIGH FEVER
- Prick/bleed Ear Apex or LU11. You can use a diabetic lancet.
PHLEGM/MUCUS
- Ginger compresses or Mustard Plasters on the upper back, behind the lungs to move the phlegm.
- Gargle to flush out the phlegm in your throat
- Increase your water intake
- Moxa or Acupressure on ST36 + ST40 (video) and SP9
- If your phlegm is yellow, green or “hot feeling”, add Acupressure on SJ5
- If there is mucus in your ears, or your ears feel plugged or painful, add Acupressure on SJ3
- Reduce phlegm-producing foods like sugar and dairy
FOODS
http://foodfromeast.com/category/tcm-categories/phlegm/
COUGH
- Cup behind the lungs, cupping for children
- Differentiating between “hot” and “cold” coughs
- Dry Cough points: Tacks or Acupressure on LU1, LU7, LU9, LI11, SJ5, KD3, KD27, Ren17
- If you are feeling very thirsty/dehydrated, or if your mouth is dry add KD6
- Increase circulation in the chest with deep belly breaths, and hot water steams with expectorating herbs like eucalyptus or peppermint.
- If there is dry or wet phlegm in your throat or chest add ST40, SP9
- FOODS for dry cough
Dry cough is often dry because of dried phlegm that is not moving. Foods for dry-phlegm cough include lemon, grape, onion, and cauliflower. Avoid cold raw foods, dairy products, greasy foods, and sugar for cough due to dry phlegm retention.
http://foodfromeast.com/category/tcm-categories/phlegm/
http://foodfromeast.com/category/tcm-categories/phlegm/cold-phlegm-accumulating-in-lung/
http://foodfromeast.com/category/tcm-categories/phlegm/lung-phlegm-heat/
- For burning sensation in the Lungs/chest http://foodfromeast.com/category/tcm-categories/exterior-invasion/wind-heat-invading-lungs/
SHORTNESS OF BREATH
- Cup behind the lungs or gua sha (do gua sha very gently if you are feeling tired or wiped out)
- Tap/acupressure on Ren17. Press the point for a few seconds, or massage in circles to feel your chest open up
- Increase circulation in the chest with deep belly breaths, and hot water steams with expectorating herbs like eucalyptus, rosemary or mint.
- Acupressure or tacks on PC6, LU10, LU1, add ST40 if there is phlegm/mucus
- Acupressure on 3 Scholars points to help you breathe better and open the chest :)
LUNG SUPPORT
- Lung Channel massage Video
- Acupressure on 3 Scholars points to help you breathe better and open the chest :)
- Also see “Shortness of Breath”
AFTER ILLNESS RECOVERY
How to Moxa video
- Add Acupressure on LU6 for post-respiratory illnesses
- Drink Bone Broth, Chicken Broth or Miso
- Moxa on low back/sacrum video
OTHER
PERIOD CRAMPS
- Acupressure on SP6, SP9, LV3
- Acupressure video for period cramps and period low back pain
- Make Dandelion tea to sip on throughout the day
- Heat pad on low belly and back
PMS
- Acupressure on GB34, LV3, LV2
- Make Dandelion tea to sip on throughout the day
- Moxa ST36, REN6, REN4 if the period is not starting because you are fatigued/overworked (Twice a day, once in the afternoon and once at night until period starts)
- Heat pad on low belly and back
FATIGUE/EXHAUSTION
- Moxa on low back/sacrum video
How to Moxa video
- Chills + feeling cold: Cinnamon tea
SEASONAL ALLERGIES
ACUPRESSURE POINTS INDEX
HEAD
DU20
- LOCATION: top of the head, at subtle depression above the ears, and in line with the nose
- HELPS WITH: anxiety, rapid thoughts, insomnia, fatigue, foggy mind, twitchy eyes, headaches, and even loose stools
- HOW TO: press, tap, or give a gentle massage with your finger to the point for 10 to 30 seconds whenever you might need extra support
- For anxiety start at DU20 and walk your finger on the line toward your forehead. This will help connect the fear part of your brain to the frontal cortex to calm down fight/flight response
Yintang
- LOCATION: directly between the inner ends of the eyebrows
- HELPS WITH: anxiety, rapid thoughts, headaches, insomnia, fatigue, foggy mind, twitchy eyes, headaches, and nasal/sinus congestion
- HOW TO: press, or give a gentle circular massage with your finger to the point for 10 to 30 seconds whenever you might need extra support. For headaches and sinus pressure start at Yintang and press out toward your eyebrows with your thumbs
Gall Bladder 14
- LOCATION: on the forehead, directly above the pupil of the eye, about an inch above the eyebrow
- HELPS WITH: headache, sinus pressure, dizziness, eye twitching, eye pain
- HOW TO: press, or give a gentle circular massage with your finger to the point for 10 to 30 seconds whenever you might need extra support. For headaches and sinus pressure start at Gall Bladder 14 and press out toward your temples with your thumbs
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Anmian
- LOCATION: on either side of the neck. To find it, place a finger behind each earlobe, and move the fingers just behind the bony protrusion
- HELPS WITH: insomnia, restless sleep, nightmares. Calms the mind, soothes the nervous system, palpitations, anxiety, and hypervigilance
- HOW TO: you can stimulate both Anmian points, simultaneously, using your thumbs. Apply firm but soft pressure, for a few minutes, with gentle circular motions. This point can be easily stimulated while lying on the back.
Shenmen
- LOCATION: on the upper portion of the ear, just inside the triangular area. (how to locate it video)
- HELPS WITH: this point is connected to the heart. Calms the mind, soothes the nervous system, helps with insomnia, palpitations, panic attacks, anxiety, hypervigilance and cravings reduction
- HOW TO: you can use an Ear seed on shenmen. Press the seed for a few seconds when you feel stressed to calm down your nervous system and flight/fight response, or press with a pen on the point for a few seconds if you don’t have access to seeds. (how to locate it video, and how to place ear seeds video).
ARMS
Large Intestine 4
- LOCATION: located on the hand, between the thumb and the index finger. Feel for the sore spot and you will find it ;)
- HELPS WITH: headache, constipation, pain anywhere in the face (toothache/sinus pressure), arm pain, agitation.
- HOW TO: press or give a gentle massage with your finger to the point for 10 to 30 seconds whenever you might need extra support
- NOTE DO NOT USE IF PREGNANT
Small Intestine 3
- LOCATION: on the pinky side of the hand, in the depression under the knucklebone. How to locate video
- HELPS WITH: headache on the back of your head, stiff neck, night sweating, eye redness, ringing in the ears and ear aches. It will also help with acute UTI pain.
- HOW TO: press with your finger or with you nail for 10 to 30 seconds whenever you might need extra support
Heart 8
- LOCATION: on the palm of the hand, where the pinky rests when curled up. How to locate video
- HELPS WITH: palpitations, agitation in the heart and pain in the tongue
- HOW TO: press the point or give a gentle massage with your thumb for 10 to 30 seconds whenever you might need extra support
Heart 7
- LOCATION: right under the inner wrist crease, in line with the space between your ring and pinkie finger. How to locate video
- HELPS WITH: calms down fight/flight response, PTSD support, palpitations, agitation in the heart, insomnia, waking up in the middle of the night, anxiety
- HOW TO: press the point or give a gentle massage with your finger for 10 to 30 seconds whenever you might need extra support
Ling Gu + Da Bai
- LOCATION: on the top of the hand.
Da Bai: under the knucklebone of the index finger
Ling Gu: follow the bone of the index finger until it meets the bone of the thumb. The point is where the bones meet.
- HELPS WITH: back pain, sciatica pain, back and neck stiffness
- HOW TO: press or give a gentle massage to the whole line between the 2 points, focusing on the sore spots, for 10 to 30 seconds. Gently move your back and neck as you do acupressure.
- DO NOT USE IN FIRST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY
Pericardium 6
- LOCATION: Located on inside of the wrist, 2 inches from the wrist crease, in between the two tendons (location video here)
- HELPS WITH: nausea, upset stomach, motion sickness, carpal tunnel syndrome, shortness of breath from stress, palpitations and panic attacks
- HOW TO: use your thumb to apply direct pressure on the point while you take a few deep breaths
San Jiao 3, 5, 6
San Jiao 3
- LOCATION: with your hand in a loose fist, find the point between the bones of your pinky and ring finger, behind the knuckles
- HELPS WITH: side of head headaches, redness of the eye, shoulder, scapula and neck tension, ear pain and ear ringing, sore throat. This point “clears heat” meaning it will have an effect on inflammation and pain, especially in the head.
- HOW TO: press or give a gentle massage with your finger to the point for 10 to 30 seconds
San Jiao 5+6
San Jiao 5
- LOCATION: located 2 inches from the wrist crease, between the two bones of the arm (feel for a little tender dip/groove)
- HELPS WITH: fever, first signs of sickness, side of head headache, redness of the eye, ear ache, pain and numbness of the arm, frustration and anger
- HOW TO: press or give a gentle massage with your finger to the point for 10 to 30 seconds whenever you might need extra support
San Jiao 6
- LOCATION: located 3 inches from the wrist crease (or 1 inch away from SJ5), between the two bones of the arm (feel for a little tender dip/groove)
- HELPS WITH: constipation, heaviness and gas in the belly, discomfort on the sides of the chest, dry throat
- HOW TO: press or give a gentle massage with your finger to the point for 10 to 30 seconds whenever you might need extra support
Large Intestine 11 and 10
- LOCATION:
LI11 - Located at the end of the outer crease of your elbow
LI10 - Located 2 inches down from LI11
- HELPS WITH: fever, sore throat, shoulder pain, nightmares, knee pain, itchy skin and rashes, agitation, belly pain, constipation
- HOW TO: press or give a gentle massage with your finger to the point for 10 to 30 seconds whenever you might need extra support
- For constipation and slow digestions: massage down from LI11 to LI10 for 10 to 30 seconds
LEGS
Stomach 36
- LOCATION: about 3 inches below the kneecap on the outer side of your leg.
- HELPS WITH: major point for digestion support - use for stomach aches, bloating, nausea, acid reflux, diarrhea, constipation, excess mucus production and indigestion. It is also used for building immunity, supporting chronic pain and fatigue, and lessening menstrual cramps.
- HOW TO: press or give a gentle circular massage with your finger to the point for 10 to 30 seconds whenever you might need extra support
Stomach 40
- LOCATION: halfway between the knee crease and the ankle bone, on the outer leg, about an inch away from the bone
- HELPS WITH: helps transform excess mucus in the whole body, helps with phlegm in the chest, shortness of breath and anxiety that manifests in the chest.
- HOW TO: press or give a gentle circular massage with your finger to the point for 10 to 30 seconds whenever you might need extra support
Stomach 38
- LOCATION: same as Stomach 40, but close to the bone
- HELPS WITH: shoulder pain and frozen shoulder
- HOW TO: press or give a gentle circular massage with your finger to the point for 10 to 30 seconds while you move the shoulder that is giving you trouble :)
Gallbladder 34
- LOCATION: is located just below the knee on the outer/pinky side of the leg. You can find this point by running your finger on the side of your knee until you hit a bony prominence. That’s the head of your fibula bone, and Gall Bladder 34 is located just slightly in front of and below where the bone juts out.
- HELPS WITH: muscular and tendon pain anywhere in the body, chest tenderness from PMS, hip pain, whole body tension
- HOW TO: press or give a gentle massage with your finger to the point for 10 to 30 seconds whenever you might need extra support
Gallbladder 41
- LOCATION: Located on the pinky-side of the foot. To find it run your finger up from the pinkie until you find a tender dip.
- HELPS WITH: one sided or temple headaches, dizziness, eyepain of the outer canthus, inability to take a deep breath/diaphragm tension, irregular menstruation, bloating due to stress
- HOW TO: press or give a gentle massage with your finger to the point for 10 to 30 seconds whenever you might need extra support
Stomach 44
- LOCATION: between the 2nd and 3rd toe, right at the edge of where the toes meet.
- HELPS WITH: dry mouth, agitation, mania or racing thoughts, toothache in the upper jaw, sore throat, constipation, fever or feeling hot, “hot” diarrhea (like it smells and feels hot).
- HOW TO: press or give a gentle massage with your finger to the point for 10 to 30 seconds whenever you might need extra support
Spleen 6
- LOCATION: located on the inside of the leg, 4 fingers up from the highest point of the ankle bone
- HELPS WITH: menstrual cramps, irregular period, any menstrual issue, bloating after eating, insomnia from worrying. It also helps with phlegm transformation.
- HOW TO: press or give a gentle massage with your finger to the point for 10 to 30 seconds whenever you might need extra support
- NOTE DO NOT USE IF PREGNANT
Liver 3 and 2
- LOCATION:
Liver 3 - located on the top of the foot, between the big toe and the second toe,
Liver 2 - located on the top of the foot, between the big toe and the second toe,
right by the web of the toes
- HELPS WITH: frustration, menstrual cramps, anger, body-wide tension, PMS, bloating from stress, dizziness, eye twitching from frustration, headache that goes to the top of the head, difficulty falling asleep from overthinking
- HOW TO: press or give a gentle massage with your finger to the point for 10 to 30 seconds whenever you might need extra support
- For rage and agitation, add Liver 2. Press or pinch both points for a few seconds.
RESOURCES:
BIPOC Acupuncturists
- Khadijah Kysia of Rayjing Heart, Chicago IL
- Adrienne Mak of Earthsea Acupuncture, Toronto ON
- Gunjan Chopra of Gunjan Acupuncture, Toronto ON
- Cara Mafuta Raboteau of Acupuncture in Motion, West Philadelphia, PA
MOXA
- Get MOXA HERE
- How to Moxa video
- If you don’t have Moxa, you can use a hairdryer (video here)
GUA SHA
- How to Gua sha video. You can use a soup spoon or a lid (clean before use, with alcohol or soap and water) for gua sha.
EAR SEEDS
- Get EAR SEEDS HERE
TACKS
- Get TACKS HERE
CUPS
- Get CUPS HERE
Where to read more about Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Chinese Medicine and Cultural Appropriation
History of “Barefoot Medicine”
“The Web That Has No Weaver” by Ted Kaptchuk
“A Barefoot Doctor's Manual” by John E. Fogarty
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