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| View Larger Image | Acupressure Guide: Alleviate Headaches, Neck and Joint Pain, Anxiety Attacks, and Other Ailments | Paperbackby Dr. Aaron Stein (Author)
| List Price: | $12.95 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | MobileReference | | Edition: | 2ndnd Edition | | Page Count: | 160 Pages | | Publication Date: | May 15, 2009 | | Sales Rank: | 50,737th |
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Product Description
You have the potential to relieve most ailments with your hands. Acupressure is an ancient art practiced by Chinese for over 5,000 years. This fully illustrated guide by Aaron Stein, Ph.D., distills acupressure into simple exercises that can be used to alleviate wide range of medical conditions. Since its release 3 years ago over 25,000 people downloaded the guide! Ailments Covered by the Acupressure Guide: Headache and Migraine: Frontal Headache | Back of the head | Side of the head | Top of the head | Pain in the eye (Migraine behind the eye) Local Pain: Jaw | Toothache | Ear | Neck | Shoulder | Wrist | Hand | Backache | Hip | Knee | Ankle | Foot Cold and Flu: Sore throat | Sinusitis | Loss of Voice | Earaches | Allergy Nervous System: Anxiety Attacks and Nervousness | Depression | Insomnia | Fainting | Hiccoughs | Memory and Concentration Improvement Cardiovascular: Angina | Palpitations | High Blood Pressure Abdominal Discomfort: Constipation | Diarrhea | Heartburn and Stomachache Women only: PMS and Painful Periods | Hot Flashes | Pregnancy Urinary Problems: Bed-wetting | Incontinence | Urinary retention Other: Nose bleeding | Allergy | Itching | Asthma | Decreased Libido | Hangover Features: - Practical and fully illustrated. - Step-by-step guide to treatment of every condition. - Every step explains point location, direction of force, and duration of massage. - No previous experience necessary. - It is not necessary to massage active points on your own, you can ask somebody else to massage points for you. - Total treatment duration for most conditions is 10 to 15 minutes. How acupressure works: Acupressure and acupuncture share the same active points (also called trigger points). The ancient Chinese developed system of active points stimulation over 5,000 years ago. The active points are located on imaginary lines called meridians. Accordingly, the points are referred to by the meridian they are located on and consecutive number of point on that meridian. The ancient Chinese believed that life energy chi (pronounced chee) flows through these meridians. In a healthy person the energy flow trough meridians is unobstructed. The blockade of chi flow results in an illness. The Chinese believed that active points stimulation clears the meridians and improves the flow of energy. The western medical science only begins to understand the mechanisms responsible for positive effects of active points stimulation. Stimulation of active points is thought to lead to increased release of endorphins. Endorphin is a natural body painkiller. Endorphin and morphine are chemically different molecules but, by coincidence, they have very similar 3-dimensional shape. This similarity in shape allows morphine to bind the endorphin receptor, reduce pain, and induce feeling of happiness. Thus endorphin released by acupressure stimulation may lead to relaxation and normalization of body functions. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 7 reviews)
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Very informative. by Barbara L. Johnson (Reston, VA)  5 Stars
September 22, 2009
Not only was this book informative, but also is easy to understand. It will be a very handy reference tool.
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The 2nd improved edition of the Acupressure Guide is available. by MobileReference (Boston, MA) 5 Stars
May 27, 2009
A comment from the Publisher:
The 2nd improved edition of the Acupressure Guide is available here:
Acupressure Guide: Alleviate Headaches, Neck and Joint Pain, Anxiety Attacks, and Other Ailments
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Practical manual. Precise diagrams. by Francisco 5 Stars
July 09, 2006
This is a very good manual, don't expect detailed explanations because there aren't. However, the diagrams are clear, precise and even though they are in black and white images they show everything that is necessary.
I have no experience on acupressure and I can say that this manual is really useful. I have tried the explanations exposed here and to my surprise they really work! immediately, great, useful knowledge!
Congratulations to the author.
Amazon's delivery to Mexico is just excellent, quick and efficient.
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amazingly simple by fatheroftwo (Boston, MA) 5 Stars
March 14, 2005
Acupressure has been around for ages but as other holistic medical techniques it has not been a part of our Westen medical practice. People usually resorted to it after everything else (drugs, surgery, etc) failed to help in their particular medical condition.
Clearly, simple, self-administered, drug-free acupressure trechniques should be a starting point for treatment of any disease that is known to respond.
This book does not intend to give you a cure-all solution. To the contrary, the book (based on author's extensive research) gives you a "know-how" on addressing basic and common human medical problems that have been known since ancient China to respond to acupressure methods.
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I was able to alleviate my wrist pain by Barbara Klein (JP, MA) 5 Stars
February 21, 2005
My wrist was bothering me for over a year. I have tried wearing the splint but achieved little effect. My doctor was considering operation on my carpal tunnel nerve. I have decided to give a try to this Acupressure book. I was able to find trigger points indicated in the book easily - the description of the points was satisfactory. I have been massaging the points indicated in the book for several minutes each point. The pain subsided quickly after the massage. I have stopped treatment 2 weeks later. Now 3 weeks after I have stopped treatment I still have no problem with my hand.
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