Acupuncture without needles to help you say goodnight to insomnia

Here is some information about a simple technique called Acupressure that you can use to help you overcome insomnia that helps you to promote drowsiness.

Acupressure is part of the tradition of Chinese medicine and has been used for hundreds of years in the Far East. It is often described as acupuncture without the needles!

Like acupuncture – it’s based on the idea that energy flows through channels in the body called meridians. An even flow of energy needs to flow through the body to promote good health – and therefore disruptions of this flow of energy can lead to illness at any point along it.

This flow of energy can be directly influenced by loads of different things including:
Stress
Emotional Distress
Diet
Environment

Now this life energy or Qi as the Chinese call it, is most concentrated at points along the meridians called Occupants.

There is scientific evidence that stimulating particular acupoints can relieve stress, anxiety, nausea as well as pain. But more recently scientists from the Sleep Disorder Centre in Arizona have started to collect evidence as to the benefits of both acupuncture and acupressure with relieving insomnia.

Whilst more research is needed – here are some simple acupressure techniques you can try yourself without the use of any needles!

Third Eye
To help you fall off to sleep, use your middle finger of your left hand to gently massage the third eye point. This is situated right between your eyebrows , just below the bottom of the centre of your forehead.
Just 5 minutes will really help you to relax and should help the onset of drowsiness.

Close Eyes
To work the close eye acupoint (or Ki 6 as professionals call it) – use your right thumb to massage the inside of the left heel gently in a circular motion – then apply pressure for a few seconds.
Then you need to repeat this again on the right heel using the left thumb.

Calm Sleep
The calm sleep acupoint (or BI 62) – simply follow the instructions for the Close eyes acupoint but only massage the outside of the heels.

Now I tried these simple techniques and it didn’t cost a penny. They were easy to do just before bedtime and they really seemed to help me relax and focus on getting rid of the everyday stresses and replace them with calm.
I hope you’ll be open minded and give it a try. There’s definitely something there and it isn’t just mumbo jumbo. I would definitely say it added to my armoury of techniques that helped me cure myself of insomnia after 3 long years of sleepless nights.

Dan Kennedy has written a free ebook on how to Cure Your Insomnia. To download it visit www.cure-your-insomnia.com